Bleachery
(Bleach"er*y) n.; pl. Bleacheries A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
Bleaching
(Bleach"ing), n. The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process
of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure.
Bleaching powder,
a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or
chemicals.
Bleak
(Bleak) a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. blac, blc, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek,
Dan. bleg, OS. blk, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. blican to shine; akin to
OHG. blichen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. to burn, shine, Skr. bhraj to shine, and E. flame.
98. Cf. Bleach, Blink, Flame.]
1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.]
When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead.
Foxe.
2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Wastes too bleak to rear
The common growth of earth, the foodful ear.
Wordsworth.
At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach.
Longfellow.
3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
— Bleak"ish, a. — Bleak"ly, adv. — Bleak"ness, n.
Bleak
(Bleak), n. [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zoöl.) A small European river fish of the family Cyprinidæ; the
blay. [Written also blick.]
The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. Baird.