Dictionary entry

Kyanize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ky″an‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Kyanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Kyanizing (?).] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.] To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.