scarifier

English

Etymology

From scarify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskæɹɪfaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈskɑːɹɪfaɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

scarifier (plural scarifiers)

  1. One who scarifies.
  2. The instrument used for scarifying (as for example during plastering).
  3. An implement for working and loosening the soil; often, one with teeth or shanks that does not bring up a fresh surface.
    Near-synonyms: cultivator, scuffler, grubber, horse hoe (not always precisely differentiated; dialectal usage has varied)
    • 1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, [], →OCLC:
      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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (to scarify), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, to scratch an outline), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, writing, drawing, sketching).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ska.ʁi.fje/
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Verb

scarifier

  1. (transitive) to scarify

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