sulphuring (sulfering)

[Verbal n. of sul phur, v.] 1. The 1. The act or proce of exposing to fumes of burning sulphur or of sulphuric acid.-2. The proce of converting a part of the oxygen of the air in a wine-cask into sulphurous acid, by introducing, just before the wine is racked into the cask, a burning rag impregnated with sulphur. It serves to hinder acetous fermentation.-3. The act or proce of applying flowers of sulphur, as to vines or roses to combat or prevent mildew. sulphurization, sulphurisation (sul fu-ri-zashon), n. [ 6053 The higher the temperature employed, the lower is the degree of sulphurisation of the products. W. H. Greenwood , Steel and Iron, p. 50. sulphurize (sulfū-riz), v. t.; pret. and pp. sul phurized, ppr. sulphurizing. [ Large commercial packages, as bales of goods and the like, cannot efficiently be sulphurized without loosening their covers and spreading out the contents. Workshop Receipts, 2d ser., p. 205. =