verb
definition
To treat cotton fabric with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.
Examples of mercerized in a Sentence
Stranded cotton -- Six mercerized cotton thread strands are twisted loosely together.
Soft cotton -- These are not mercerized and are suitable for bold hand embroidery and tapestry work.
A great amount of doubled and trebled yarn is now sold, though it does not appear that recent expansions have added much to doubling spindles, and considerable developments continue in the use of dyed and mercerized yarns.
Apart from the large class of brocaded cloths made in Jacquard looms there are innumerable simpler kinds, including stripes and checks of various descriptions, such as Swiss, Cord, Satin, Doriah stripes, &c. Mercerized cloths are of many kinds, as the mercerizing process can be applied to almost anything.