See Also: onycha(dictionary)

vulcanize (iou) and onycha (iou)


vulcanize (iou)



vulcanize verb. Also vulcanise. E19.
[from VULCAN + -IZE.]
verb trans. gen. Throw into a fire; burn. rare. E19.
verb trans. Subject (indiarubber etc.) to the process of vulcanization. Freq. as vulcanized ppl adjective. M19.
verb intrans. Undergo vulcanization. L19.
vulcanizate noun a material that has been vulcanized M20.
vulcanizer noun a person who or thing which vulcanizes something; esp. the apparatus used in vulcanizing indiarubber: M19.

onycha (iou)



onycha noun. LME.
[Latin = Greek onukha accus. of onux nail, from the resemblance of the molluscan operculum to a fingernail.]
An ingredient of incense used in Mosaic ritual, consisting of the opercula of marine molluscs.