ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mandarining

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mandarining is a noun meaning (historical or archaic) The use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include souring, rosing, mercerization, mercerisation, carroting, citrination.

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