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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mandarining

· Man·da·rin·ing · IPA
01 n. The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain…
  1. 1.
    The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid.(Dyeing)