Lexic.us

Definition of Clouding

1. Noun. The process whereby water particles become visible in the sky.

Definition of Clouding

1. n. A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

Definition of Clouding

1. Verb. (present participle of cloud) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clouding

1. cloud [v] - See also: cloud

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clouding

Literary usage of Clouding

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"Denig ascribes the clouding of the cornea to physico-chemical changes produced in its substance by the electricity, similar to those supposed to cause the ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"160 For not with thee the blissful Gods are wroth ; And soon the princes and the chiefs of Troy O'er yonder plain shall raise the clouding dust Fleeing, ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"This change in dispersion is of interest in the study of immunity because clouding is referable to an alteration in globulin and is related to abolition of ..."

4. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... Hideous maternal parody—The adorable inverted bell- glass— Strange things happen in the world — An ominous clouding of the water—Something the world has ..."

5. The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc (1829)
"Platforms fixed on the ropei of the Gallery e, used for finishing and clouding the sky. k. Different methods for getting at the lower parts of the canvass. ..."

6. Clinical Psychiatry by Allen Ross Diefendorf, Emil Kraepelin (1907)
"clouding of Consciousness. — External stimuli occasion within us characteristic mental phenomena which we apprehend immediately and distinguish as ..."

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