Bower-Barff

English Verb en transitive To subject (metal) to the Bower-Barff process for reducing corrosion. en Barff en 1883 Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers It will no doubt be obvious that the cost of oxidizing by the Bower or Barff process — or, to use a more abbreviated expression, Bower-Barffing — varies considerably; for example, one thousand small articles may be treated at the same time, and in the same cubical space, that might be occupied by a single large article; en eponyms