To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…
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To make or render black.
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To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
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To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.
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To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
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Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.
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To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.
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An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used fo…
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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
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To deprive of color; to bleach.
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To deprive of color; to whiten.
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To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.
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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
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White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…
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Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emer…
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See Gray (the correct orthography).
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To darken; to make black; to obscure.
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Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
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A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
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To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
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The willow; willow twigs.
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A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with…
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To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.
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See Picul.
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Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…
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To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
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Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is be…
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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…
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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…
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of Color
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of Color
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The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
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The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…
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See Color.
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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…
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See Color.
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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…
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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…
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