SCARIFY

scarify. Scarify, v.t. to lance or cut the skin, cup, open

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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. 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. 2. (Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field.