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Definition of Scorify
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Scorify
1. Verb. To reduce an ore to scoria. ¹
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Definition of Scorify
1. to reduce to scoria [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Medical Definition of Scorify
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorify
Literary usage of Scorify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tube Milling: A Treatise on the Practical Application of the Tube Mill to by Algernon Del Mar (1917)
"Acidify and precipitate with aluminum sulphide and scorify. 3. ... scorify and
cupel. 4. Evaporate to dryness with litharge in porcelain dish, scorify and ..."
2. Tube Milling: A Treatise on the Practical Application of the Tube Mill to by Algernon Del Mar (1917)
"Acidify and precipitate with aluminum sulphide and scorify. 3. ... scorify and
cupel. 4. Evaporate to dryness with litharge in porcelain dish, scorify and ..."
3. Tube Milling: A Treatise on the Practical Application of the Tube Mill to by Algernon Del Mar (1917)
"Acidify and precipitate with aluminum sulphide and scorify. 3. ... scorify and
cupel. 4. Evaporate to dryness with litharge in porcelain dish ..."
4. A Textbook of Fire Assaying by Edward Everett Bugbee (1922)
"scorify hot, heating at the end so that they will pour properly. Add test lead
to make weight of buttons plus test lead equal to 70 grams, add 1 gram SiO2 ..."
5. Notes on Assaying and Metallurgical Laboratory Experiments by Richard Walley Lodge (1908)
"scorify at as low a temperature as possible that will not freeze or chill the
... Return to muffle and scorify until the lead button is judged to weigh ..."
6. Notes on Assaying and Metallurgical Laboratory Experiments by Richard Walley Lodge (1906)
"scorify at as low a temperature as possible that will not freeze or chill the
... Return to muffle and scorify until the lead button is judged to weigh ..."
7. Notes on Assaying and Metallurgical Laboratory Experiments by Richard Walley Lodge (1906)
"scorify at as low a temperature as possible that will not freeze or chill the
... Return to muffle and scorify until the lead button is judged to weigh ..."
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