Carburet+of+iron
1steel — I. n. 1. Carburet of iron, carbonized iron. 2. Armor, mail. 3. Knife, sword, dagger, dirk, poniard, claymore, sabre, falchion, rapier, hanger, blade. 4. Hardness, sternness, vigor, mercilessness. II. v. a. 1. Case harden, edge or point with steel …
2Edmund Davy — FRS (1785 5 Nov1857)Christopher F. Lindsey, ‘Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7311 accessed 6 April 2008] ] was a professor of Chemistry at… …
3carburize — verb unite with carbon carburize metal • Syn: ↑carbonize, ↑carbonise, ↑carburise • Derivationally related forms: ↑carbon (for: ↑carburise), ↑ …
4car´bu|riz´er — car|bu|rize «KAHR buh ryz, byuh », transitive verb, rized, riz|ing. 1. to combine (an element or substance) with carbon or a carbon compound, as in the conversion of iron into steel. 2. = carburet. (Cf. ↑carburet) ╂[< French carbure carbide +… …
5car´bu|ri|za´tion — car|bu|rize «KAHR buh ryz, byuh », transitive verb, rized, riz|ing. 1. to combine (an element or substance) with carbon or a carbon compound, as in the conversion of iron into steel. 2. = carburet. (Cf. ↑carburet) ╂[< French carbure carbide +… …
6car|bu|rize — «KAHR buh ryz, byuh », transitive verb, rized, riz|ing. 1. to combine (an element or substance) with carbon or a carbon compound, as in the conversion of iron into steel. 2. = carburet. (Cf. ↑carburet) ╂[< French carbure carbide + English ize] …
7Acetylene — HCCH redirects here. For other uses, see HCCH (disambiguation). Acetylene …
8carburize — [kär′byo͞o rīz΄, kär′bərīz΄] vt. carburized, carburizing [< Fr carbure, carbide, hydrocarbon + IZE] 1. CARBURET (sense 2) 2. to treat or combine with carbon; esp., to treat (iron) by heating in contact with carbon in making case hardened steel …
