ballize
verbEtymology From ball + -ize.
1
To burnish (metal) by a technique that involves pushing an oversized ball through a hole.
- It is possible to ballize stainless steel1982, Engineering Materials and Design, volume 26, page 11:
2
To undergo such a process.
- Metals that ballize successfully are: Sintered iron, sintered brass and other sintered materials. Aluminium, brass, bronze, copper, lead and cadmium. Mild and tool steels. […]1971, Science and Australian Technology, volumes 9-12, page 16: