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 asolution ofzinc chloride , to preventdecay .
Etymologies
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Burnett + -ize, after Sir William Burnett, inventor of the process.
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