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Definition of Kyanizing
1. kyanize [v] - See also: kyanize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyanizing
Literary usage of Kyanizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey, James Aston (1919)
"kyanizing.—In this process the timber, which must be thoroughly seasoned, is
immersed in a 1 per cent solution of bichloride of mercury for a number of days ..."
2. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"kyanizing.—The first recorded use of bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate
as a wood preservative was in 1705, by Homberg, in France. ..."
3. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"kyanizing.—The first recorded use of bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate
as a wood preservative was in 1705, by Homberg, in France. ..."