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Discoloration   /dɪskˌələrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Discoloration

noun
1.
A soiled or discolored appearance.  Synonyms: discolouration, stain.
2.
The act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded.  Synonym: discolouration.






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"Discoloration" Quotes from Famous Books



... the back of the envelope—would it not leave marks, a rumpling or discoloration? Even to be suspected of such dishonour would be more bitter to her than death. Could she even think of it? How she was degraded by this hateful passion, which wrought in ...
— The Odd Women • George Gissing

... Prophet, was seen to proceed towards the garden—both in close conversation. The Prophet's face was now free from the consequences of young Dalton's violence, but it had actually gained in malignity more than it had lost by the discoloration and disfigurement resulting from the blow. There was a calm, dark grin visible when he smiled, that argued a black and satanic disposition; and whenever the lips of his hard, contracted, and unfeeling mouth expanded by his devilish sneer, a portion of one of his vile side fangs became visible, ...
— The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine • William Carleton

... A discoloration of the ice attracted my attention, and as I looked it seemed to retreat into the solid mass. There was something not ice within it, which grew more and more distinct as I gazed, until at last I plainly distinguished the form of my grandmother ...
— Wilfrid Cumbermede • George MacDonald

... To prevent discoloration and mildewing of the plants, the papers around them must be changed at the end of the following successive intervals: two days, three days, five days, one week, etc., until they are quite dry. The length of time required for pressing and drying depends upon the quantity ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study • Ontario Ministry of Education

... water, charged with earthy matter, that here mingles with the sea. The surface of the water at the mouth of the St. Lawrence, where the depth is 100 fathoms, is stated by Bayfield to be turbid from this cause: yet that this discoloration is superficial is evident, for in the wake of a ship moving through the turbid surface, the clear blue waters of the sea ...
— The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Warburton


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