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desilverize

American  
[dee-sil-vuh-rahyz] / diˈsɪl vəˌraɪz /
especially British, desilverise

verb (used with object)

desilverized, desilverizing
  1. desilver.


Etymology

Origin of desilverize

First recorded in 1865–70; desilver + -ize

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The blocks are made of desilverized lead of the best quality, and, as nearly as possible, under identical conditions.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Wilson, Herbert M.

The "zinc process" of desilverizing, which is largely used by Messrs. Locke, Blackett & Co., and was patented in the form adopted by them about fourteen years since.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

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