Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus for impregnating with sulphur or exposing to the action of the fumes of sulphur, especially for fumigating or bleaching by means of burning sulphur.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
apparatus forimpregnating with, or exposing to the action of,sulphur , especially for purposes offumigation orbleaching .
Etymologies
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sulphurate + -or
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Examples
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What is called 'a French sulphurator, 'whose great merit appears to be
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 Various 1836
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a sulphurator, until fruit and foliage were completely but lightly coated.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 Various 1836
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