sherardize
[ sher-er-dahyz ]
/ ˈʃɛr ərˌdaɪz /
verb (used with object), sher·ard·ized, sher·ard·iz·ing. Metallurgy.
to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
Also
especially British,
sher·ard·ise.
Origin of sherardize
1900–05; after
Sherard Cowper Coles (died 1936), English inventor; see
-ize
Words nearby sherardize
sheppard's correction,
sheppey,
sheqel,
sher,
sherang,
sherardize,
sheraton,
sherbet,
sherborne,
sherbrooke,
sherd
Example sentences from the Web for sherardizing
In the Sherardizing process the articles are put into a tight drum with zinc dust and heated to 800° F.
Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson
British Dictionary definitions for sherardizing
sherardize
sherardise
/ (ˈʃɛrəˌdaɪz) /
verb
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 of sherardize
sherardization or sherardisation, nounWord Origin for sherardize
C20: process named after
Sherard Cowper-Coles (died 1936), English inventor