carbolize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of carbolize
First recorded in 1865–70; carbol(ic) + -ize
Example Sentences
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Sweet oil or carbolized vaseline should be rubbed over the whole body night and morning during the entire sickness and convalescence.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
Treatment.—With the knife make a free incision into the most prominent part of the abscess or cyst, then, with a syringe, wash out the sac with carbolized water.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The treatment consists of soothing applications such as ordinary or carbolized vaseline.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
Should matter form, the bandage must be taken off, the wound bathed with carbolized water, 1-80, and a little carbolized vaseline spread on a bit of linen and laid over it.
From Public School Domestic Science by Hoodless, Adelaide
If poisoned use carbolized vaseline or baking-soda and water made into a thick paste.
From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon
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