torrefy
Americanverb (used with object)
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to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
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Pharmacology. to dry or parch (drugs) with heat.
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to roast, as metallic ores.
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Etymology
Origin of torrefy
1595–1605; < Latin torrefacere to make dry or hot, equivalent to torre-, stem of torrēre to dry up, parch, scorch + facere -fy; see torrid
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Bruce Daucsavage, president of Ochoco Lumber, said their goal is to prove torrefied biomass can become a viable and sustainable commercial business in Oregon, providing rural jobs while also improving forest health.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2016
Since torrefied biomass behaves similarly to coal, that means it will take 8,000 tons to keep the facility humming for a full day.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2016
Madame Homais reappeared, carrying one of those shaky machines that are heated with spirits of wine; for Homais liked to make his coffee at table, having, moreover, torrefied it, pulverised it, and mixed it himself.
From Madame Bovary by Eleanor Marx Aveling
An infusion of torrefied coffee assists digestion, and frequently removes headaches resulting from derangement in the digestive functions.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
Corn is most frequently prepared in this way for food; but this and several other grains are often torrefied for coffee.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
Torrefac′tion, act of torrefying: state of being torrefied.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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