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schreinerize

American

[shrahy-nuh-rahyz] / ˈʃraɪ nəˌraɪz /

especially British, schreiner

verb (used with object)

schreinerized, schreinerizing

to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.

First recorded in 1905–10; see origin at schreiner finish, -ize

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