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mandarining

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, historical, uncountable

Examples

  • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures By this method, which is called mandarining, an orange colour is given to silk and wool, not from the solution of a colouring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fibre by the action of dilute nitric acid.

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History

Etymology

From mandarin + -ing.