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kyanize

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Etymology

From Kyan + -ize, after John Howard Kyan, the inventor of the process.

Verb

kyanize (third-person singular simple present kyanizes, present participle kyanizing, simple past and past participle kyanized)

  1. To preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride

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