SHERARDIZE

Etymology

Verb

sherardize (third-person singular simple present sherardizes, present participle sherardizing, simple past and past participle sherardized)

(transitive) To coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.

Source: Wiktionary


Sher"ard*ize, v. t. [From Sherard Cowper-Coles, the inventor.] (Metal.)

Definition: To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see, below).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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