bleaching powder

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bleaching powder - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.
     The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;
     esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.
     --Ure.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of
        chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
        [1913 Webster]

bleaching powder - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bleaching powder
      n 1: a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride
           and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect [syn:
           bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime]