Pickling

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pickle \Pic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pickled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pickling}.]
   1. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind
      of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or
      imitations of paintings by the old masters.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "pickling":
      anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning,
      curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming,
      evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, jerking,
      marination, mummification, potting, quick-freezing, refrigeration,
      salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning

    

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