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Solignum|səˈlɪgnəm|
Also solignum.
Proprietary name for a preservative for timber. Hence soˈlignumed a., treated with this material.
1900Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Oct. 1105 Solignum... Preparations for the destruction of weeds, vermin, and insects. Major and Co. Ltd. Chemical manufacturers. 1909Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Feb. 204/1 The preparation known as ‘solignum’..is a fluid composition, applied..with a brush, possesses great covering capacity, and..improves with age both in appearance and resistant qualities. 1925Glasgow Herald 19 June 8/8 One [way of dealing with white ants] is to keep painting the wood with solignum, and breaking down the trails whenever they appear. 1932‘Dane’ & Simpson Re-enter Sir John xx. 270 His neat little dressing-room, matchboard, salignumed [sic], sham-antique in the film-studio manner. 1969Observer (Colour Suppl.) 12 Jan. 17/3 The walls continue with a cladding of weatherboarding, solignumed black, to the 12-ft level of the eaves. |