Category:Scarify

Scar"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarified; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarifying.] Etym: [f. scarifier, l. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr.

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.)

Defn: to stir the surface soil of, as a field.