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blacken

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Black Oxide
cold blacking at room temperature, blacking cream for gunsmith
www.schlitt-surface.de
Bluing Salts
The Blackest Salts Available The Midnight Black Salts
www.blackworksusa.com

black⋅en

  [blak-uhn]
Use blacken in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make black; darken.
2. to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person's reputation.
–verb (used without object)
3. to grow or become black.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see black, -en 1

Related forms:
black⋅en⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce, calumniate.
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Black Oxide
cold blacking at room temperature, blacking cream for gunsmith
www.schlitt-surface.de
Bluing Salts
The Blackest Salts Available The Midnight Black Salts
www.blackworksusa.com
black·en   (blāk'ən)   
v.   black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens

v.   tr.

  1. To make black.

  2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name.

  3. To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.

v.   intr.
To become dark or black: The day blackened into night.
black'en·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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