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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Carbide  \Car"bide\,  n.  [Carbon  +  -ide.]  (Chem.) 
  A  binary  compound  of  carbon  with  some  other  element  or 
  radical,  in  which  the  carbon  plays  the  part  of  a  negative;  -- 
  formerly  termed  {carburet}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Carburet  \Car"bu*ret\,  n.  [From  {Carbon}.]  (Chem.) 
  A  carbide.  See  {Carbide}  [Archaic] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Carburet  \Car"bu*ret\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Carbureted}  or 
  {Carburetted}  (?);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Carbureting}  or 
  {Carburetting}.] 
  To  combine  or  to  impregnate  with  carbon,  as  by  passing 
  through  or  over  a  liquid  hydrocarbon;  to  carbonize  or 
  carburize. 
 
  By  carbureting  the  gas  you  may  use  poorer  coal. 
  --Knight. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  carburet 
  v  :  combine  with  carbon,  in  chemistry 




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