Rumfordize
/ˈrʌmfədʌɪz/(also Rumfordise) Now rare
verb
[with object] To convert (a fireplace) into a Rumford fireplace.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From the title of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford + -ize.
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