TOR'REFY, verb transitive [Latin torrefacio; Latin torridus, torreo, and facio.] 1. To dry by a fire. 2. In metallurgy, to roast or scorch, as metallic ores. 3. In pharmacy, to dry or parch, as drugs, on a metalline plate till they are friable, or are reduced to any state desired.
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