mercerized

The demonstration of this simple fact laid the foundation for the manufacture of a vast variety of attractive dress materials known as mercerized cotton.

General Science Bertha M. Clark

Monet's production had become a kind of mercerized production, and a kind of spurious radiance invested them, in the end.

Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley

Then, too, there are the "mercerized" goods, which often closely resemble real silk, although there is not a thread of silk in them.

Makers of Many Things Eva March Tappan 1892

Instead of coarse cotton yarn, warp must be fine "mercerized" cotton, or of linen or silk thread, and the warp threads are set much closer in the loom.

How to make rugs Candace Wheeler 1875

The Stamford, Conn. -based company recently introduced a fine-knit polo in mercerized lisle, a sturdy cotton thread, to make its golf shirts more comfortable for play in warmer climates.

Wearing Thin 2008

These leggy knits were paired with mercerized cotton jerkins, snug little Rude Boy with manners jackets and Two Tone era skinny ties – a big Milan trend.

C'mon, guys, wear leggings! Ann Althouse 2007

These leggy knits were paired with mercerized cotton jerkins, snug little Rude Boy with manners jackets and Two Tone era skinny ties – a big Milan trend.

Archive 2007-01-01 Ann Althouse 2007

– Fine cotton thread, mercerized, in white and black, size 80.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

When you purchase nonwrinkling shirts or blouses, mercerized thread for your sewing box, flame-resistant potholders, jeans with a suedelike hand, chintz upholstery fabric, or soil-resistant tablecloths, you bring home fabric that has been subjected to a certain finishing treatment through chemical or mechanical means.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Rayons with good resistance to alkalies can be mercerized in cotton blends, and wrinkle-resistance treatments weaken them less than they weaken cotton or other types of rayon.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005