Treated with Burnett's wood preservative solution; having undergone the burnettization process to resist decay and fire.
Past participle of burnettize, formed by adding -ed. Became common in construction and railway terminology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Many historic railroad ties, telegraph poles, and dock pilings still standing today are burnettized—they're often identifiable by their distinctive chemical smell and darkened wood color!
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