blacking

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blacking - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Black \Black\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blacked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Blacking.] [See Black, a., and cf. Blacken.]
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     1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
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              They have their teeth blacked, both men and women,
              for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore
              they will black theirs.               --Hakluyt.
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              Sins which black thy soul.            --J. Fletcher.
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     2. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by
        applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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  blacking \black"ing\, n.
     1. Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for
        giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.
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     2. The act or process of making black.
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blacking - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  blacking
      n 1: a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on
           footwear [syn: shoe polish, blacking]