Galvanised

adj, verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of galvanise form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust. UK, not-comparable

    "galvanised pipes"

  2. 2
    Having been subjected to galvanism; electrified. not-comparable, obsolete

    "I go to London and see the busy multitudes in Fleet Street and the Strand, and it comes across my mind that they are but the ghosts of the past, haunting the streets that I have seen silent and wretched, going to and fro, phantasms in a dead city, the mockery of life in a galvanized body."

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zinced

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"I go to London and see the busy multitudes in Fleet Street and the Strand, and it comes across my mind that they are but the ghosts of the past, haunting the streets that I have seen silent and wretched, going to and fro, phantasms in a dead city, the mockery of life in a galvanized body."

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