Word Meanings - SULPHURING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.

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• SULPHUR-BOTTOM
  A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
• BLEACHED
  Whitened; make white. Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron.
• BURN
  To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. (more info) birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, brinna, Icel.
• PROCESSIVE
  Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge.
• BURNISHER
  1. One who burnishes. 2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.
• PROCESSIONALIST
  One who goes or marches in a procession.
• BURNISH
  To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing
• SULPHURWORT
  The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.
• BURNIEBEE
  The ladybird.
• SULPHURY
  Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
• PROCESSIONARY
  Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. Processionary moth , any moth of the genus Cnethocampa, especially C. processionea of Europe, whose larvæ make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular
• SULPHURATION
  The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
• BURNET
  A genus of perennial herbs ; especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth , in England, a handsome moth , with crimson spots on the wings. -- Burnet saxifrage. See Saxifrage. -- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant . --
• SULPHUROUS
  1. Of or pertaining to sulphur. Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds. Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide,
• BLEACHER
  One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.
• BURNER
  1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything. 2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. Bunsen's burner , a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four
• SULPHURYL
  The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon. Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and
• SULPHUREOUS
  Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink. Pope. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ness, n.
• SULPHURING
  Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
• BURNED
  See BURNT
• OVERBURN
  To burn too much; to be overzealous.
• SUNBURNING
  Sunburn; tan. Boyle.
• BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
  See BURNER
• SUNBURN
  To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden.
• PROTOSULPHURET
  A protosulphide.
• GAS-BURNER
  The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
• AUBURN
  1. Flaxen-colored. Florio. 2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.
• ACID PROCESS
  That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process.
• SUPERSULPHURIZE
  To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.
• BARREL PROCESS
  A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel, or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.
• LABURNUM
  A small leguminous tree , native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms. Note: Scotch laburnum is similar, but has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus.