Definition of Torrefies

1. Verb. (third-person singular of torrefy) ¹

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Definition of Torrefies

1. torrefy [v] - See also: torrefy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Torrefies

torque wrench
torque wrenches
torqued
torqued off
torquer
torquers
torques
torques off
torqueses
torquing
torquing off
torquoselectivity
torr
torrefaction
torrefied
torrefies
torrefy
torrefying
torrent
torrented
torrential
torrentially
torrenting
torrents
torrentuous
torret
torrets
torreyite
torricellian

Literary usage of Torrefies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Tales, 2154, in which place torrefies = the rings on the collar of a dog through which the leash was passed ; they were so called from the rings turning ..."

2. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1821)
"... at one time or other, perpendicular over every part of that zone, and extremely torrefies or heats it. TROVER is the remedy prescribed by the law, ..."

3. Elements of Mineralogy by Richard Kirwan (1810)
"... of Joachimsthal, in Bohemia, torrefies the pyrites with one-sixth of its weight of common salt; digests the roasted mass in marine acid, ..."

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