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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
blue .
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Examples
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I have seen the cricket in blued barrel and black synthetic stock for about $130 at the farm and ranch store.
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I have seen the cricket in blued barrel and black synthetic stock for about $130 at the farm and ranch store.
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He did not know how much money he had, as he put it, "blued" at the tables.
The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford 1906
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"Sometimes, then, you are 'blued' most dismally, like the balance of unphilosophic men and women, eh?"
Beulah 1872
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As an illustration of the primitive condition of the steel pen trade then, it may be mentioned that at this period the pens were "blued" and varnished in
Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Eliezer Edwards 1853
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And colored photographs should never be exposed to sunlight or fluorescent lighting unless framed under UV glass, or you'll be left with a distinctly "blued" image.
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Larry's got three days 'bread and water, seven days' penal-class diet, and 'blued' fourteen days 'remission; and Tim's got three days. "
Six Years in the Prisons of England A Merchant - Anonymous
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"Following my own judgment I should have pawned that umbrella, purchased one more suited to my state in life, and 'blued' the difference.
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Conversely, I am aware of writers with no credits getting published in the pro mags (I was very nearly one of them back in 2004 until I got screwed, blued and tattooed by an editor which just took the helm of one of the pro mags, which I think is something worth grousing about).
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Yes | No | Report from tbogg10 wrote 1 week 21 hours ago is browning the same as bluing, just turns the barrel a brownish color rather than blue, i know stupid question but i have never seen a browned barrel, just blued ones.
finally my new gunkit for my senior project came in. its a st louis hawken muzzleloader kit. 2010
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