Bible Dictionaries
Carbonize

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

(2):

(v. t.) To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Carbonize'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/carbonize.html. 1828.