Definition of Scorifying

1. scorify [v] - See also: scorify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorifying

scoriac
scoriaceous
scoriae
scoriated
scoriating
scoriation
scoriations
scorie
scorification
scorified
scorifier
scorifiers
scorifies
scoriform
scorify
scorifying (current term)
scoring
scoring off
scoring system
scorings
scorious
scorn
scorned
scornee
scornees
scorner
scorners
scornest
scorneth
scornful

Literary usage of Scorifying

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

1. The Metallurgy of Argentiferous Lead: A Practical Treatise on the Smelting by M[anuel] Eissler (1891)
"By the united action of the two blasts the zinc and lead are quickly driven off, and the charge melts and forms a scorifying bath in the bottom of the ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"At first, it will be best to pour out on a cold steel anvil or plate, whence the lead may be picked up and placed at once on the cupel for scorifying. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"It is quite possible to have a cone manufactured as are bottle caps. This would lessen the weight about 50 per cent. V. scorifying the Precipitate The ..."

4. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"The fusion being quiet again, the charge is poured into an iron mould by the scorifying tongs, and the lead button cleaned from slag by a hammer. ..."

5. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"The fusion being quiet again, the charge is poured into an iron mould by the scorifying tongs, and the lead button cleaned from slag by a hammer. ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"Most metal oxides furnish slags that leave a distinctive color on the scorifying dish: Copper gives a light green slag. Copper and iron give a greenish ..."

7. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1897)
"... when it again decreases, as the loss by volatilization in scorifying or ... shows no regularity; (5) the loss in silver in scorifying is very great. ..."

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