Definition of Discoloring

1. Verb. (present participle of discolor) ¹

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Definition of Discoloring

1. discolor [v] - See also: discolor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discoloring

discoid lupus erythematosus
discoidal
discoidal cleavage
discoidin
discoids
discoing
discolike
discolith
discoliths
discolor
discolor'd
discoloration
discolorations
discolored
discolorer
discoloring (current term)
discolorise
discolorize
discolors
discolour
discolour'd
discolouration
discolourations
discoloured
discolourer
discoloureth
discolouring
discolourise
discolourous
discolours

Literary usage of Discoloring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"To prevent the discoloring of the Skin by a Bruise. Immediately rub on lamp oil with the hand. 765. For Sore Throat and Difficulty of Breathing. ..."

2. Soft Soldering, Hard Soldering and Brazing: A Practical Treatise on Tools by James Francis Hobart (1919)
"Brannt says this alloy melts at 370 degrees, while Kent says it melts at 466, or higher than the discoloring temperature of hardened steel, ..."

3. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"... found it to act in various diseases as a substitute for nitrate of silver, producing its therapeutical influences without discoloring the skin. ..."

4. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art for edited by David Ames Wells (1852)
"This preparation may be spread upon textile fabrics, fine figured or colored, and exposed to a heated atmosphere, without in the least discoloring or ..."

5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"In reference to the quality of the black, experience has shown that it is so much more powerful as a discoloring agent, as the bones from which it was made ..."

6. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"Explosive by decomposition and discoloring. III. Corrosive and discoloring Goods : 1. Corrosive solids (little danger unless moistened). 2. ..."

7. Calendar of the Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"... to avoid discoloring. Series 2, vol. 10, No. 28. [8°. 2 pages.] J'arit. 1784, November IS, Philadelphia. Hie improvement on the harpsichord. ..."

8. American Druggist (1884)
"... gaseous distillates, Robert Chese- brough, of New York, succeeded in deodorizing and discoloring this tar residue, and gave it the name of " vaseline. ..."

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