TORREFY


Meaning of TORREFY in English

— torrefaction /tawr'euh fak"sheuhn, tor'-/ , n.

/tawr"euh fuy', tor"-/ , v.t., torrefied, torrefying .

1. to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.

2. Pharm. to dry or parch (drugs) with heat.

3. to roast, as metallic ores.

Also, torrify .

[ 1595-1605; torrefacere to make dry or hot, equiv. to torre-, s. of torrere to dry up, parch, scorch + facere -FY; see TORRID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .