Mandarining
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Man`da`rin´ing
| n. | 1. | (Dyeing) 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. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.