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scarify


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scarify  \Scar"i*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scarified};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Scarifying}.]  [F.  scarifier,  L.  scarificare 
  scarifare  fr  Gr  ?  to  scratch  up  fr  ?  a  pointed 
  instrument.] 
  1.  To  scratch  or  cut  the  skin  of  esp.  (Med.),  to  make  small 
  incisions  in  by  means  of  a  lancet  or  scarificator,  so  as 
  to  draw  blood  from  the  smaller  vessels  without  opening  a 
  large  vein. 
 
  2.  (Agric.)  To  stir  the  surface  soil  of  as  a  field. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scarify 
  v  1:  puncture  the  skin,  as  for  example,  in  some  African 
  cultures;  for  ritual  purposes 
  2:  scar  (the  body)  in  certain  cultures;  "Some  African  tribes 
  scarify  their  faces" 
  3:  scratch  the  surface  of  "scarify  seeds" 
  4:  break  up  of  soil 




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