paynize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Payne +‎ -ize, after the inventor.

Verb[edit]

paynize (third-person singular simple present paynizes, present participle paynizing, simple past and past participle paynized)

  1. (dated, transitive) To treat or preserve (wood etc.) by a process resembling kyanization.

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