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KYANIZES
Verb
kyanizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kyanize
Source: Wiktionary
KYANIZE
Ky"an*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kyanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Kyanizing.] Etym: [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.]
Definition: To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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