BLEACHERY
Bleach"er*y, n.; pl. Bleacheries (.
Defn: A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
BLEACHING
Bleach"ing, n.
Defn: 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. Etym: [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. blac, bl, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. bl, 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. 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. Etym: [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family
Cyprinidæ; the blay. [Written also blick.]