kyanize
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kyanize
[′kī·ə‚nīz] (chemical engineering)
To saturate wood with mercuric chloride as a decay preventive.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
kyanize, kyanise
To preserve wood against decay by steeping it in a mercuric chloride solution.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.