scarify
verb (used with object)
to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin), to produce an immune response or administer certain injections.
scarifier
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a word derived from
scarify.
Example Sentences
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It is found to succeed better when only the surface of the soil is stirred by the scarifier and harrow than when a ploughing is given.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
The scarifier and the deep plough have turned up the subsoil and exposed the hard, stiff under-clods to the crumbling action of the air and the mysterious influence of light.
From The Hills and the Vale by Richard Jefferies
The scuffle-hoe, or scarifier, which completes the four, is used between narrow rows for shallow work, such as cutting off small weeds and breaking up the crust.
From Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell
I have almost finished No. 3, in which I have relieved my indignant soul with a scarifier.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Georgina Hogarth
Who would not rather be a healer than a scarifier?
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Marion Harland
