A blue dye or substance added to laundry to make white clothes appear whiter and brighter, commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries.
From blue + -ing noun suffix, referring to the substance or process of adding blue coloring to laundry.
Bluing was a household essential for generations because it uses optical illusion—the blue cancels yellow tones—making yellowed whites look brilliant white again.
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