mercerize

Alternative forms

 * (UK) mercerise

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

Verb

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

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: merseroida
 * German:
 * Italian: mercerizzare
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: