Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To impregnate, as timber, canvas, cordage, dead bodies, etc., with Burnett's liquid, for the purpose of preserving them from decay.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Manuf.) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of zinc chloride, to prevent decay.

Etymologies

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Burnett +‎ -ize, after Sir William Burnett, inventor of the process.

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