parchmentize

Etymology

From parchment + -ize.

parchmentize means to convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid.“I have often wondered whether Mr. Edison has ever tried to parchmentize the bamboo filament. It is already denser than cotton thread, as well as stronger, and yet nearly as flexible. There seems no reason why it cannot be thus changed in its physical nature by means of strong sulphuric acid.”