scorify

American  

[skawr-uh-fahy, skohr-] / ˈskɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈskoʊr- /

verb (used with object)

scorified, scorifying

1. to subject to scorification.

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scorify British  

/ ˈskɔːrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to remove (impurities) from metals by forming scoria

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Other Word Forms

• scorification
  noun
• scorifier
  noun
• unscorified
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of scorify

First recorded in 1745–55; scori(a) + -fy

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

scorify scorified scorifying

When the cupel shows signs of the presence of these metals in objectionable quantity, it is well to repeat the assay and scorify so as to remove them before cupellation.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Towards the summit of the Peak the Urceolarea and other plants of the family of the lichens, help to work the decomposition of the scorified matter.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

His beard an' hyar wuz all nyawed off, an' his face an' han's an' neck wuz scorified terrible.

From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding

The sparks produced by the collision of steel with flint appear to be globular particles of iron, which have been fused, and imperfectly scorified or vitrified.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

Their summits, which are sometimes scorified, seem to prove that they have been exposed to a great degree of heat.

From Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. by Corréard, Alexandre

This is the night-corpse,–the scorified, carbonized man,–into such stiff lumps are conscious beings fastened and compelled to turn them round.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

"We must get back of the furnace," Polder continued, indicating a narrow opening between brick walls through the unstopped chinks of which seethed the scorifying blaze.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

This property is taken advantage of in the operation of calcining, scorifying, cupelling, &c.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius