2. Noun. The action or effect of the verb '''to redden'''. ¹
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Definition of Reddening
1. redden [v] - See also: redden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reddening
Literary usage of Reddening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"Before distillation, some manufacturers employ an oxidizing treatment in order
to avoid a subsequent reddening of the naphthalene. ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"the town was found to exert a greater reddening effect than the air of the sea-shore.
REMARKS ON THE NATURE OF OZONE. In the January number of the ..."
3. The Eternal City by Hall Caine (1902)
"... the sun was sinking behind Monte Mario, and the stone pines on the crest of
the hill, standing out against the reddening sky, were like the roofless ..."
4. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1859)
"... the town was found to exert a greater reddening effect than the air of the
let-shore. ... reddening ..."
5. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"state, the urine has generally an acid reaction, indicated by the reddening of
litmus paper. The peculiar colour of healthy urine depends upon a special co- ..."
6. Uncas and Miantonomoh: A Historical Discourse, Delivered at Norwich, (Conn by William Leete Stone (1842)
"... that beamed Through the veil of their midnight shroud ; And the reddening
flashes that fitfully gleamed When the distant fires of the war-dance streamed ..."
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