oxidator
(ˈɒksɪdeɪtə(r))
Also oxy-.
[Agent-n. from oxidate v.: see -or 2 c.]
a. Something that oxidates; an oxidizing agent. b. An apparatus for directing a stream of oxygen into the flame of a lamp.
| a 1864 Gesner Coal, Petrol. etc. (1865) 167 It is supposed that hot air is a better oxidator than cold. c 1865 Letheby in Circ. Sc. I. 110/1 Common Lamp, with Oxydator. |