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Webster 1913 Edition


Carburize

Car′bu-rize

(kär′bū̍-rīz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Carburized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Carburizing
.]
(Chem.)
To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; – said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.