paynize

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• Paynize — Payn ize, v. t. [From Mr. Payne, the inventor.] To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Paynize — Payne s process Payne s process A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. {Payn ize}, v. t. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English