asbestosing

Verb

asbestos (third-person singular simple present asbestoses, present participle asbestosing, simple past and past participle asbestosed)

1. To coat or line with asbestos.
   • “Be sure you have plenty of kindling before you begin. They are rather non-inflammable and well asbestosed, so to speak.”1919, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 192, page 93, column 4
2. To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis.
   • Lungs asbestosed / unable to breath^([sic]) / and so incapable / of producing for profit / sent away without delay / so a fresh lunged / could occupy / the vacant place.1990, The Nairobi Law Monthly, page 2, column 3
3. (figuratively) To insulate or buffer.
   • Is Malcolm J. Miller’s South Carolina Sinking Fund partly immune, partly asbestosed, or what?1922, The Insurance Press, volume 54, page 6, column 3

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