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sherardize

[sher-er-dahyz] /ˈʃɛr ərˌdaɪz/
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.
Also, especially British, sherardise.
Origin of sherardize
1900-1905
1900-05; after Sherard Cowper Coles (died 1936), English inventor; see -ize
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British Dictionary definitions for sherardize

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
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