creosote
noun
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
creosoting
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present participleof creosote.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In 1994-95, Alan Shearer famously dealt with the pressure of a title race by creosoting his fence; Cantona jumped over a fence with a kung-fu kick.
From The Guardian ā Jan. 25, 2020
A man of position and polish, Publisher Bingham now sits on the board of a bank, a railroad, a creosoting company.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other big Koppers subsidiary is Koppers Gas & Coke, whose activities include such diverse jobs as supplying gas to Montreal and creosoting ties for U. S. railroads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Olin branched out from shotgun shells, dynamite and rifles into batteries, Cellophane, fabricating metals, lumber, brass, creosoting, cigarette paper, polyethylene food bags and compressed-air coal-breaking equipment.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the oil used for creosoting timber in the manner already described; and among its other applications may be mentioned its use as an illuminating agent and as a source of lampblack.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola
