mercerize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of mercerize
1855–60; named after John Mercer (1791–1866), English calico printer, the patentee (1850) of the process; see -ize
Vocabulary lists containing mercerize
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Sock Candy’s line of cotton socks offers bold prints for the maximalist who wants to make a statement while mercerized cotton keeps things super soft and cozy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Some of the samples resembled wool or flannel, others mercerized cotton.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hate little towns and little spenders and mercerized stockings and cotton lisle next to my skin, and machine-stitched nightgowns.
From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie
Cotton may be mercerized either in the yarn, warp, skein, or in the piece, the first being more effective.
From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York
The blue mercerized dress she slid over a hanger, covering it with one of her cotton nightgowns and putting it into careful place behind the cretonne curtain that served her as clothes closet.
From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie
Converting and finishing, including bleaching, mercerizing, dying, printing, and finishing.
From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York
The mercerizing does not diminish the strength of the material, and gives to it a greater affinity for dye stuffs.
From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Mercerized cloths are of many kinds, as the mercerizing process can be applied to almost anything.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
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