kyanize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride

Word forms

kyanize kyanizes kyanizing kyanized

Etymology

From Kyan + -ize, after John Howard Kyan, the inventor of the process.

Related words

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