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sherardize
[
sher
-er-dahyz]
/ˈʃɛr ərˌdaɪz/
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Word Origin
verb (used with object)
,
sherardized,
sherardizing.
Metallurgy.
1.
to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
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Also,
especially British,
sherardise
.
Origin of
sherardize
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1900-1905
1900-05;
after
Sherard
Cowper Coles (died 1936), English inventor; see
-ize
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018.
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British Dictionary definitions for
sherardize
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sherardize
/
ˈʃɛrəˌdaɪz
/
verb
1.
(
metallurgy
) to coat (iron or steel) with zinc by heating in a container with zinc dust or (of iron or steel) to be coated in this way
Derived Forms
sherardization,
sherardisation,
noun
Word Origin
C20: process named after
Sherard
Cowper-Coles (died 1936), English inventor
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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