scarifier

English

Etymology

scarify + -er

Noun

scarifier (plural scarifiers)

  1. One who scarifies.
  2. The instrument used for scarifying.
  3. An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface.
    • Southey
      You have your scarifiers to make the ground clean.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scarifier in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Verb

scarifier

  1. (transitive) to scarify

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