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Blackening
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Any preparation used to render the surface of iron, leather, etc., black. See
blacking
.
Blackish; approaching black: as, in lichens, a biatorine exciple is colored or
blackening
, but not coal-black.
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verb.
Present participle of
blacken
.
noun.
The act of turning black in colour; a black stain or mark.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
changing to a darker color
Word Usage
"Finally, the vampire can wait no longer, skin blackening and sloughing off his arms."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
change of color
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
obfuscation
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
slackening
verb-stem
blacken