Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A name given to the Parkes process (which see, under process); also the operation of adding zinc to the lead bath in the Parkes process.

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  • verb Present participle of zinc.

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Examples

  • But if you're not dancing hard and you're lip zincing, that's a serious problem.

    CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2007 2007

  • But this time it looked like she lost her place lip zincing her own music.

    CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2007 2007

  • Over zincing can damage wood or aluminum hulls and blister paint on all types of hulls.

    Chapter 8 1983

  • Other matters of serious moment in the electro-zincing process, apart from the slowness of the operation, were the uncertain nature, thickness, and extent of the coating on articles of irregular shape, and the formation of loose, dark-coloured patches on the work; the unhealthy and non-metallic look and want of brilliancy and the lustre prevented engineers and the trade from accepting the process or its results, except for the commoner articles of use.

    Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing William N. Brown

  • A press release says the Meretec technology is a six-step de-zincing process:

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • A press release says the Meretec technology is a six-step de-zincing process:

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • A press release says the Meretec technology is a six-step de-zincing process:

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2009

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