Solignumn.
/səˈlɪɡnəm/ Proprietary name for a preservative for timber.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood preservative
creosote1835
Solignum1900
Santobrite1936
1900 Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Oct. 1105 Solignum... Preparations for the destruction of weeds, vermin, and insects. Major and Co. Ltd. Chemical manufacturers.
1909 Chambers'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.
1925 Glasgow 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.
Derivatives
soˈlignumed adj. treated with this material.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > preserved
Powellized1903
pressure-treated1928
solignumed1932
tanalized1964
1932 ‘Dane’ & Simpson Re-enter Sir John xx. 270 His neat little dressing-room, matchboard, salignumed [sic], sham-antique in the film-studio manner.
1969 Observer 12 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 17/3 The walls continue with a cladding of weatherboarding, solignumed black, to the 12-ft level of the eaves.
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