DEPHLOGISTICATE

Etymology

Verb

dephlogisticate (third-person singular simple present dephlogisticates, present participle dephlogisticating, simple past and past participle dephlogisticated)

To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible

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DOUBLETREE

(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast


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