Mercerize
['mɜːsəraɪz] or ['mɝsəraɪz]
Definition
(verb.) treat to strengthen and improve the luster; 'mercerize cotton'.
Checker: Rupert--From WordNet
Examples
- Mercerizing Cloth under tension to render it Silky. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Recently the important step of Thomas and Prevost of mercerizing under tension gave some new and wonderful results. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They are known as _mercerized_ goods. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The demonstration of this simple fact laid the foundation for the manufacture of a vast variety of attractive dress materials known as mercerized cotton. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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