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/klˈaʊdɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Clouding n.

1.

A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

2.

A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.

verb

Cloud v. t. (past & past part. clouded; pres. part. clouding)

1.

To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.

2.

To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen. "One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth." "Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks." "Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice."

3.

To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; esp. used of reputation or character. "I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken."

4.

To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn. "And the nice conduct of a clouded cane."

Cloud v. i. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; often used with up. "Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud."

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Etymology of 'Clouding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clouding" Quotes from Famous Books

... says Louis, a sombre expression clouding the triumph in his face as he looked hard at St. Aulaire, "what is the meaning of this speech of yours to which Monsieur Calvert ...

— Calvert of Strathore • Carter Goodloe

... looking as good as new. This dusting was soon a desired occupation to her, and the furniture, instead of losing its value in her eyes, became ever more precious. To use things without hurting them or soiling them or scratching the woodwork or clouding the varnish, that was the problem which soon became the mania of the old maid's life. Sylvie had a closet full of bits of wool, wax, varnish, and brushes, which she had learned to use with the dexterity ...

— The Celibates - Includes: Pierrette, The Vicar of Tours, and The Two Brothers • Honore de Balzac

... arched dome, Predict the fortunes with the crimes of Rome? Shall time yet partial in his cycling course, Bring thee no Fox, no Pitt, no Wilberforce? Still must thou live and corybantic die, A traceless meteor in a clouding sky; Thy name a cheat; thyself, a world-wide lie? No; there will come, prophetic hearts may trust, Some embryo angel of superior dust, With brow of cloud and tongue of livid flame— Another Moses, but in time and name— Whose Heaven-appealing voice shall bid ...

— Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) • Various

... the air is sufficiently opaque, or in the colour of the colourless, slightly milky opal which looks a deep blue when one sees it against a dark background, and a reddish yellow when one holds it against the light. The same phenomenon may be produced artificially through the clouding of glass with suitable substances, as one finds in various glass handicraft objects. The aesthetic effect is due to the treated glass being so fashioned as to present continually changing angles to the light, when both colour-poles and all the intermediate phases appear simultaneously. ...

— Man or Matter • Ernst Lehrs

... succeeded in finding the missing animal. My horse, however, was pretty well run down when he got back. Eddy and myself started about ten o'clock. We had to travel in one day what the company had traveled in two days. About the time we started it commenced clouding up, and we saw we were going to have a storm. We went on until about one o'clock, when my horse gave out. It commenced raining and was very cold. Eddy said he would ride on and overtake the company, if possible, and have them stop. He did not overtake them until ...

— History of the Donner Party • C.F. McGlashan

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