MERCERIZE


Meaning of MERCERIZE in English

[mer.cer.ize] vt -ized ; -iz.ing [John Mercer d. 1866 Eng. calico printer] (1859): to give (as cotton yarn) luster, strength, and receptiveness to dyes by treatment under tension with caustic soda -- mer.cer.i.za.tion n

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