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sherardize
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
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