Chem. [f. CARB-ON + -URET, q.v.] A compound formed by the chemical combination of carbon with another element; = CARBIDE.
1795. Pearson, in Phil. Trans., LXXXV. 335. A compound of iron and carbon … which in the new system is denominated a carburet of iron.
1820. Faraday, Res., xvi. 68. Pure steel … and good iron mixed with charcoal powder were heated intensely for a long time … they formed carburets.
1836. Macgillivray, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., ii. 33. Carburet of iron, which gives the green colour to the parenchyma of plants.
