▪ I. carburet, n. Chem.
(ˈkɑːbjʊərɛt)
[f. carb-on + -uret, q.v.]
A compound formed by the chemical combination of carbon with another element; = carbide.
| 1795 Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 335 A compound of iron and carbon..which in the new system is denominated a carburet of iron. 1820 Faraday Res. xvi. 68 Pure steel..and good iron mixed with charcoal powder were heated intensely for a long time..they formed carburets. 1836 Macgillivray tr. Humboldt's Trav. ii. 33 Carburet of iron, which gives the green colour to the parenchyma of plants. |
▪ II. ˈcarburet, v.
[f. prec.]
trans. To combine (any element) chemically with carbon; to impregnate or charge with carbon. Hence ˈcarbuˌretting, -eting, vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1869 Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 379/1 A small gas-making machine, founded upon the principle of the carburetting of the atmospheric air. Ibid. It feeds the..vessel in which is placed the carburetting element. |