jasperize

English

Etymology

jasper +‎ -ize

Verb

jasperize (third-person singular simple present jasperizes, present participle jasperizing, simple past and past participle jasperized)

  1. To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper
    • 1887, Popular Science (volume 31, number 46, October 1887, page 859)
      polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods from Arizona

References
  • jasperize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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