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Scarify   Listen
verb
Scarify  v. t.  (past & past part. scarified; pres. part. scarifying)  
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.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field.





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"Scarify" Quotes from Famous Books



... of all medicines, a string or ligature should at once be bound firmly above the puncture, then scarify deeply with a knife, suck out the poison, ...
— The Prairie Traveler - A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions • Randolph Marcy


Words linked to "Scarify" :   puncture, scar, mark, score, loosen


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