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scorifying

scorifying


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scorify  \Sco"ri*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scorified};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Scorifying}.]  [Scoria  +  -fy:  cf  F.  scorifier.] 
  (Chem.) 
  To  reduce  to  scoria  or  slag;  specifically,  in  assaying,  to 
  fuse  so  as  to  separate  the  gangue  and  earthy  material,  with 
  borax,  lead,  soda,  etc.,  thus  leaving  the  gold  and  silver  in 
  a  lead  button;  hence  to  separate  from  or  by  means  of  a 
  slag.