decoken.
/diːˈkəʊk/ colloquial.
= decarbonization n. b.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > removal or expulsion of products or deposits
scavenging1894
exhaust1896
decarbonization1912
scavenge1912
decoke1962
1962 ‘A. Garve’ Prisoner's Friend i. 35 Mr. Winter's car..it's in for a de-coke.
1967 Observer 28 May (Colour Suppl.) 35/1 Do your own de-coke for..half the normal garage charge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
decokev.
/diːˈkəʊk/ colloquial.
1. transitive. = decarbonize v.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (transitive)] > remove deposits
decarbonize1915
decoke1928
scavenge1954
1928 Daily Express 19 May 13/2 My advice to all motorists who are puzzled about..the ‘knocking’ which invariably accompanies carbonisation, is that they should lose not an hour in getting the engine ‘decoked’.
1931 Boys' Mag. 45 169/1 The presence of the carbon will cause overheating, bad hill-climbing and loss of power, so when any of these things persist, it is time for the engine to be ‘decoked’.
2. transitive. Also transferred.
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1958 M. Pugh Wilderness of Monkeys iii. 32 He found his pipe, decoked it with a spike intended to hold papers and was about to light it.
1958 M. Pugh Wilderness of Monkeys viii. 98 A meat skewer, which he normally used in decoking his pipe.
Derivatives
deˈcoking n.
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1928 Daily Express 31 May 3/7 Good car, but wants decoking.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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