scorify verb trans. ['skɔ:rɪfʌɪ] M18.
[from SCORIA + -FY.]
1. Reduce to scoria or slag; esp. refine or assay (precious metal) by treating in this way a portion of ore fused with lead and borax. M18.

2. Convert (lava) into scoria. rare. M19.

■ scorifi'cation noun the process or result of scorifying, esp. as a method of refining or assaying M18.

■ scorifier noun a thing which scorifies something; spec. a fireclay vessel used in the process of refining or assaying: M18.

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