English Explanatory Dictionary

sightening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of sighten
noun
  1. A colour used temporarily to enable a calico-printer to judge the pattern.

Word forms

sightening sightenings

Etymology

From sighten + -ing.

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