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kyanize, v.|ˈkaɪənaɪz|
[f. the name of J. H. Kyan, the inventor of the process (patented in 1832) + -ize.]
trans. To impregnate (wood) with a solution of corrosive sublimate, as a preservative against decay. Hence ˈkyanized ppl. a., ˈkyanizing vbl. n.
1837C. Vignoles in Mech. Mag. XXVI. 258 A railway bar..to be laid upon half baulks of Kyanized timber. 1843Blackw. Mag. LIII. 417 Let their timbers be Kyanized, their cables of iron. 1871Hartwig Subterr. World xxiii. 268 Many remedies..among which kyanizing, or saturating the wood with a solution of corrosive sublimate, is one of the most efficacious. |