Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Carburet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carbide \Car"bide\, n. [Carbon + -ide.] (Chem.)
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or
radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; --
formerly termed {carburet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carburet \Car"bu*ret\, n. [From {Carbon}.] (Chem.)
A carbide. See {Carbide} [Archaic]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carburet \Car"bu*ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carbureted} or
{Carburetted} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Carbureting} or
{Carburetting}.]
To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing
through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or
carburize.
By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal.
--Knight.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carburet
v : combine with carbon, in chemistry
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