scorify

[ skawr-uh-fahy, skohr- ]

/ ˈskɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈskoʊr- /

verb (used with object), sco·ri·fied, sco·ri·fy·ing.

Nearby words

scoresby sound, scoria, scoriaceous, scoriae, scorification, scorify, scoring, scoring position, in, scorn, scornful, scornfully

Origin of scorify

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

Related formssco·ri·fi·er, nounun·sco·ri·fied, adjective

Can be confusedscarify scorify

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Examples from the Web for scorify

Then mix the dried precipitate with three times its weight of lead; fuse, scorify and cupel.
The A B C of Mining|Charles A. Bramble
Scorify, clean the slag by adding anthracite after the "eye" has closed in: cupel the button of lead.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Scorify until the button shows the bluish-green colour of a fused gold-copper alloy.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for scorify

scorify

/ (ˈskɔːrɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to remove (impurities) from metals by forming scoria

Derived Formsscorification, nounscorifier, noun

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