winterizev.

1913 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 19 Dec. 2/2 Just as the ratine and eponges were winterized by being woven in wool and silk, so will velvets and duvetyns be springtimed in linen, crepon and crepe mixtures.

1919 Blue Island (Illinois) Sun-Standard 12 Sept. 5/5 (advt.) Winterize your car. Make it serviceable the year 'round.

1932 Jefferson City (Missouri) Post-Tribune 28 Jan. 2/3 (advt.) After you ‘winterize’ with us, you know you will get action when you step on the starter.

1949 A. Hayes Girl on Via Flaminia iv. 90 She sat on the hard canvas cushion of the jeep, and she must have felt exposed. The jeep had not been winterized.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog 96 This is a fine house you have... Summer only, isn't it? You could winterize it easily.

1973 B. Wright Four Seasons North 42 Sam winterized the rifles, wiping away all the lubrication, which would freeze if left in the guns.

2003 E. Brantlinger Dividing Classes ii. 22 My parents saved enough money to winterize the house.

2016 North Shore Times (N.Z.) (Nexis) 21 July 13 The ship..will be ‘ice-strengthened’ and ‘winterised’ for operations in Antarctica.

1914 H. T. Vulté & S. B. Vanderbilt Food Industries xiii. 186 If it [sc. clarified fat] is to be sold as salad oil, it is winterized by dropping the temperature and removing by filtration, any fatty matter which has solidified.

1954 E. W. Eckey Veg. Fats & Oils iii. 124 The temperature below which no portion of the oil should be chilled is a little above the cloud point of the oil to be winterized.

2007 Y. Jin et al. in C. Barrow & F. Shahidi Marine Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods v. 119 The color and contaminant levels of fish oils containing EPA and DHA can be improved through filtering, deodorizing, and winterizing the unrefined oil.

1935 Moorhead (Minnesota) Daily News 1 Nov. 6/1 (advt.) Equip your car completely... Have it entirely checked for complete winterization.

1943 Oil & Soap July 131/2 The present slow and inefficient winterization process for cottonseed oil.

1966 Economist 22 Jan. 341/3 Builders..are showing considerable interest in ‘winterisation’... Over a third now have some degree of lighting on site.

2005 WaterSki Autumn 8/1 Your engine warranty doesn't cover damage caused by faulty winterization or storage.

1920 N.Y. Times 30 Aug. 4 (advt.) Winterized worsted jersey suits—brown, blue or Oxford heather mixtures.

1928 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 11 Nov. 10/1 The necessary new equipment to make these Winterized tires.

1940 PM 29 Nov. 14/3 Instead of having an entire company of trainees, even one ‘winterized tent’ of trainees, all together,..there will be throughout the 44th Division scads of veterans surrounding each new man.

1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 39/7 (advt.) Winterized jackets have the accent on fashion with bright colours.

2008 Prevention Feb. 66/2 I visited him and Mom in their winterized summer house in upstate New York.

1918 Cotton Oil Press June 87/2 If properly treated in the winterizing process the oil will be clear, brilliant and limpid at the conclusion of the test.

1979 Farmington (New Mexico) Daily Times 27 May 6 c/3 (advt.) Experiments on winterizing and solar energy retrofits.

2007 Field & Stream June 51/1 In the fall, local marinas or boatyards have scraps from winterizing that you can pick up for free.