burnettize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Burnett + -ize, after Sir William Burnett, inventor of the process.
Verb[edit]
burnettize (third-person singular simple present burnettizes, present participle burnettizing, simple past and past participle burnettized)
- (transitive) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of zinc chloride, to prevent decay.