sulphuringsulfuringn.
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sulphuring1648
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een besolfferinge, a Sulphering, or a Dipping in brim-stone.
2. Exposure to the fumes arising from burning sulphur, to produce whiteness in fabrics, to prevent fermentation in casks, to disinfect, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [noun] > fumigating > sulphuration
matching1753
sulphuration1791
sulphuring1800
sulphurage1851
1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 273 Sulphuring serves to give to silk destined for white stuffs, as well as to woollen cloth, the highest degree of whiteness to be obtained.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. viii. 281 Whatever care is taken in the racking of wines, they will again ferment, unless they undergo the operation of sulphuring.
1858 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. (ed. 8) Sulphuration, Sulphuring, the subjection of woollen and other articles to the fumes of burning sulphur, or sulphurous acid, for decolouring or bleaching purposes.
1860 C. O'Neill Chem. Calico Printing 63 The effect of sulphuring upon woollen goods is not simply that of whitening, it gives also lustre and brilliancy.
1885 J. J. Hummel Dyeing Textile Fabrics 112 Gas Bleaching, Stoving, or Sulphuring.
3. The sprinkling of plants with flowers of sulphur to prevent or destroy mildew.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > other processes
tillering1764
puddling1773
sulphuring1891
lingering1907
1891 Daily News 28 July 6/6 The only thing which planters have to all appearance to fear is mould, judging from the free application of the process of sulphuring.
4. (See quot. 1880.)
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1880 J. Lomas Man. Alkali Trade 57 The bête noire of sulphuric acid making is ‘sulphuring’, or ‘subliming’. This is caused by the admission of an insufficient amount of air below the grates of the burners, free sulphur being sublimed and carried forward into the chambers, where it floats upon the surface of the acid.
5. attrib.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1218 Sulphuring-rooms are sometimes constructed upon a great scale.
1851 Catal. Great Exhib. vi. I. 275/2 Sulphuring apparatus.
1860 C. O'Neill Chem. Calico Printing 64 A sulphuring stove was in constant work within fifty yards of it.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 822/2 Thom's sulphuring process [of bleaching wool].
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