ballize

English

Etymology

ball +‎ -ize

Verb

ballize (third-person singular simple present ballizes, present participle ballizing, simple past and past participle ballized)

1. (transitive) To burnish (metal) by a technique that involves pushing an oversized ball through a hole.
   • 1982, Engineering Materials and Design, volume 26, page 11:

     It is possible to ballize stainless steel

2. (intransitive) To undergo such a process.
   • 1971, Science and Australian Technology, volumes 9-12, page 16:

     Metals that ballize successfully are: Sintered iron, sintered brass and other sintered materials. Aluminium, brass, bronze, copper, lead and cadmium. Mild and tool steels. […]