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To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. -- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.

Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.

Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.

Consisting of ebony.

One who works in ebony.

A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.

Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance. This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. Poe.

Same as Aitchbone.

Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.

Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

ht sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.

Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus).

rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.

See Whirlbone.

A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.

Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons.

Want of goodness. [Obs.] Burton.