2. Verb. (past of discolour) ¹
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Definition of Discoloured
1. discolour [v] - See also: discolour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discoloured
Literary usage of Discoloured
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... and Infusoria—Causes of discoloured Sea. AFTER having been twice driven back
by heavy southwestern L\ gales, Her Majesty's ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"Discoloured SPOTS. Amongst other blemishes that may require surgical ... Suffice it
to sav, that in some, excision of the discoloured and elevated parts, ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1905)
"In Experiment 23 the copper plates were highly discoloured, and covered with an
easily removed metallic powder. The plates show diminished weight. In Fig. ..."
4. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"For no one can breathe the atmosphere of slavery, or live on its foulness without
being discoloured by it, vitiated in their character, and covered with ..."
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