sherardize

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: sher=ard=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

sherardize, v. t. [From Sherard Cowper-Coles, the inventor.].

 To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see, below).  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sherardize, v.tr. (also -ise) coat (iron or steel) with zinc by heating in contact with zinc dust.

Etymology

Sherard Cowper-Coles, Engl. inventor d. 1936