ballized

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.
   • It is possible to ballize stainless steel1982, Engineering Materials and Design, volume 26, page 11
2. (intransitive) To undergo such a process.
   • Metals that ballize successfully are: Sintered iron, sintered brass and other sintered materials. Aluminium, brass, bronze, copper, lead and cadmium. Mild and tool steels. […]1971, Science and Australian Technology, volumes 9-12, page 16