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reˈcarbon, v.
[f. re- 5 c + carbon n.]
trans. To fit (an arc-lamp) with new carbon electrodes. So reˈcarboning vbl. n.
1902W. J. Dibdin Public Lighting 445 There are two pairs of carbons in each lamp, such being necessary to allow of the lamp burning throughout the whole of a winter night without being re-carboned. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 86/2 The cost of carbons and the labour of recarboning. 1917C. N. Bennett Guide to Kinematogr. xi. 185 If someone will..kindly re-carbon the arc for us and turn on the electric current we shall be ready to start showing. |