creosoting
- present participle of creosote.
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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 ● Jan. 25, 2020
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.
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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.
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A man of position and polish, Publisher Bingham now sits on the board of a bank, a railroad, a creosoting company.
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The timber for creosoting shall be long-leafed or southern pine.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Tests of Creosoted Timber, Paper No. 1168 by Gregory, W. B. (William Benjamin)