Usually means: Darkening surfaces using black substances.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word blacking:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. blacking: Merriam-Webster
  2. blacking: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. blacking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. blacking: Vocabulary.com
  5. Blacking, blacking: Wordnik
  6. blacking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. blacking: Wiktionary
  8. blacking: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. blacking: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. blacking: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Blacking, blacking: Dictionary.com
  12. Blacking (polish), Blacking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Blacking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. blacking: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. blacking: Rhymezone
  16. Blacking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. blacking: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. blacking: FreeDictionary.org
  19. blacking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. blacking: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. blacking: Legal dictionary
  2. blacking: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blacking: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blacking: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blacking: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blacking: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
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(Note: See black as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (blacking)

noun:  A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
noun:  Shoe polish.
noun:  A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

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