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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Carbonized

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Carbonizing

[Cf. F.

carboniser

To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.

Verb.

To convert into carbon by combustion or the action of fire; to expel from wood or other substance all volatile matter.