Lustering

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lustering \Lus"ter*ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.
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     2. The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes
        pure, as in certain refining processes.


        [1913 Webster] Lusterless

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Luster \Lus"ter\, Lustre \Lus"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Lustred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lustering}, or {Lustring}.]
     To make lustrous. [R. & Poetic]
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           Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold. --Lowell.
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