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1. acetozone, n. View full entry 1902
...A white crystalline solid with strong oxidizing properties, used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and bleaching agent....
2. animal charcoal in animal, n. View full entry 1786
...carbonaceous material formed by charring animal matter (esp. bone), and used as a black pigment and as a decolourizing agent....
3. antichlor(e, n. View full entry 1866
...A substance used to obviate the injurious after-effects of chlorine in bleaching....
4. blancher, n.1 View full entry 1477
...A chemical agent used for blanching....
5. bleach, n.1 View full entry 1887
...An act of bleaching; as ‘a thorough bleach in the sun.’ A bleaching process; also, a bleached condition....
6. bleach, n.1 View full entry 1898
...A bleaching liquor or powder....
11. bleach-yard in bleach, n.1 View full entry a1788
12. bleacher, n. View full entry 1550
...One who bleaches....
13. bleacher, n. View full entry 1883
...A vessel used in bleaching....
14. bleachery, n. View full entry 1714
...A place where bleaching is done....
15. bleaching, n.1 View full entry 1677
...A bleachery. Obs....
16. bleaching, n.1 View full entry 1817
...attrib. and Comb., as bleaching-croft, bleaching-field, bleaching-fluid, bleaching-ground, bleaching-liquor, bleaching powder; bleaching-clay...
17. † ˈbleaker, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quot. 1611.)...
18. † ˈbleaking, n. View full entry a1627
...Bleaching. Also attrib., as in bleaking-house....
19. chemic, n. and adj. View full entry 1843
...Calcium or sodium hypochlorite used as bleach. Cf. chemic2. Now rare....
20. chlorine, n. View full entry 1810
...One of the non-metallic elements; a yellowish-green heavy gas (condensable by pressure into a yellow transparent liquid), having a peculiar irritating smell, and very active chemical properties. Symbol Cl; atomic weight, 35·5....
