mercerize

Meaning

Verb

To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.

Origin

Mercer + -ize, named after John Mercer of Great Harwood, Lancashire, who invented the process in the mid-19th century.

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