zincing, adj. & n.

zincing
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zincingadjective & noun

## Factsheet

### Where does the word zincing come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the word zincing is in the 1840s.

OED's earliest evidence for zincing is from 1841, in Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal.

### How common is the word zincing?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1830 | 0.0069
1840 | 0.0068
1850 | 0.0067
1860 | 0.0065
1870 | 0.0078
1880 | 0.0081
1890 | 0.0089
1900 | 0.0079
1910 | 0.0072
1920 | 0.0065
1930 | 0.0057
1940 | 0.0042
1950 | 0.0029
1960 | 0.0014
1970 | 0.0007
1980 | 0.0005
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0004

### How is the word zincing pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɪŋkɪŋ/

### Nearby entries

1. zinc-dust, n. 1877–
2. zinc finger, n. 1987–
3. zinc-foil, n. 1851–
4. zinc green, n. 1847–
5. zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n. 1881–
6. zincian, adj. 1930–
7. zincic, adj. 1860–
8. zinciferous, adj. 1820–
9. zincification, n. 1891–
10. zincify, v. 1801–
11. zincing, adj. & n.1841–
12. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
13. zincite, n. 1854–
14. zinckenite, n. 1835–
15. zinco, n. 1887–
16. zinco-, comb. form
17. zincode, n. 1839–
18. zincograph, n. 1888–
19. zincograph, v. 1865–
20. zincographer, n. 1839–
21. zincographic, adj. 1850–

## Meaning & use

1. 1841–
   See zinc v.
   1. 1841

      > Improvements..in tinning or zincing metal.

      Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal vol. 4 328/2
   2. 1843

      > An estimate for zinking the suspension bridge at Hungerford Market.

      Pract. Mechanic & Engineer's Magazine vol. 2 342
   3. 1891

      > Parkes's process, or, as it is now frequently called, ‘zincing’.

      J. A. Phillips, Elements of Metallurgy (ed. 3) 700
   metal industry
   1. leading c1440–
      The action of lead, v.² A covering, framing, or mending with lead.
   2. tinning c1440–
      Coating, lining, or plating with tin; working at tin-ware.
   3. foiling a1582–
      The action or process of backing (glass) with foil.
   4. quickening 1738–99
      = quicking, n.³
   5. electroplating 1840–
      The process of coating an article with metal by means of electrolysis. Frequently attributive.
   6. electrocoppering 1841–
      The application of a coating of copper by electroplating.
   7. zincing 1841–
   8. retinning 1843–
   9. palladiumizing a1851–64
      The process of coating or plating something with palladium.
   10. acierage 1852–
       The action or process of coating metal, esp. an engraved copper plate, with a thin layer of steel by means of an electric current.
   11. platinizing 1853–
       = platinization, n.
   12. nickelization 1857–
       The process of coating something with nickel or with a nickel alloy.
   13. quicking 1863–
       The action or process of coating metal with mercury or a solution containing mercury so as to facilitate the adherence of a layer of gold or silver…
   14. brassing c1865–
       The process or art of coating with brass.
   15. coppering c1865–
   16. nickel plating 1870–
       The action or process of coating something with a thin layer of nickel. Also: a coating of nickel.
   17. nickelling 1875–
       The process of coating something with nickel or with a nickel alloy.
   18. steel-facing 1884–
       The process of covering an engraved metal plate with a film of steel to increase its durability.
   19. brazing 1886–
       The action of the verbs braze, v.¹, braze, v.² Coating with brass.
   20. aluminizing 1890–
       The action or process of spraying or coating with aluminium.
   21. electrogalvanizing 1897–
       = electroplating, n. (frequently attributive).
   22. sherardizing 1901–
   23. calorizing 1930–
       The coating (of a metal) with aluminium by a process involving heat.
   24. aluminization 1932–
       The action or process of spraying or coating something with aluminium.
   25. stelliting 1934–
   26. anodizing 1936–
   27. anodization 1952–
       The process of anodizing.
   28. flame-plating 1954–
       (See quots.).
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪŋkɪŋ/

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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## Frequency

zincing typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zincing is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zincing, adj. & n., 1830–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1830 | 0.0069
1840 | 0.0068
1850 | 0.0067
1860 | 0.0065
1870 | 0.0078
1880 | 0.0081
1890 | 0.0089
1900 | 0.0079
1910 | 0.0072
1920 | 0.0065
1930 | 0.0057
1940 | 0.0042
1950 | 0.0029
1960 | 0.0014
1970 | 0.0007
1980 | 0.0005
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0004

Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, v.

zinc, v. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.