Definition of blea

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Blea (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

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White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Bleacheries :: Bleacheries (pl. ) of Bleacher.
Crefting :: Crefting (n.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching..
Decolor :: Decolor (v. t.) To deprive of color; to bleach.
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Kier :: Kier (n.) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Without color; pale; pallid.
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes..
Calico :: Calico (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc..
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Blearing :: Blearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blea.
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..
Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them..
Blear-eyed :: Blear-eyed (a.) Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.
Bleary :: Bleary (a.) Somewhat blear.
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay..
Bleated :: Bleated (imp. & p. p.) of Blea.
Antichlor :: Antichlor (n.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.
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