iridize

English

Verb

iridize (third-person singular simple present iridizes, present participle iridizing, simple past and past participle iridized)

1. (transitive) To point or tip with iridium.

   to iridize a gold pen

2. (transitive) To make iridescent.

   to iridize glass

   iridized platinum

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “iridize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)