Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
soluble blue (which see, underblue ).
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Examples
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Blonde, fine toilet-soap is used; the blonde is soaped over very slightly, and washed in water in which a little fig-blue is dissolved, rubbing it very gently; when clean, dry it.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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When taken out, it should again be rinsed, first in clean hot water, and then in abundance of cold water slightly tinged with fig-blue, and again wrung dry.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Blonde, fine toilet-soap is used; the blonde is soaped over very slightly, and washed in water in which a little fig-blue is dissolved, rubbing it very gently; when clean, dry it.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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When taken out, it should again be rinsed, first in clean hot water, and then in abundance of cold water slightly tinged with fig-blue, and again wrung dry.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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a sponge charged with water in which some gum-dragon and fig-blue have been dissolved, to give it a proper consistence.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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a sponge charged with water in which some gum-dragon and fig-blue have been dissolved, to give it a proper consistence.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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