mandarining

mandarining
ˈmandarining, vbl. n.
[f. mandarin2 + -ing1.]
The process of giving an orange colour to silk or wool by the action of nitric acid.
1852–4 Cycl. Usef. Arts (ed. Tomlinson 1866) I. 531/2.

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  • Mandarining — Man da*rin ing, n. (Dyeing) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid. Tomlinson. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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