单词 | torrefy |
释义 | torrefyv. 1. a. transitive. To roast, scorch, or dry by fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > burn or scorch swithec1220 forscalda1225 scalda1300 broilc1375 toast1398 bysweltc1420 squarken1530 sear1590 torrefy1601 plot1606 reese1618 ustulate1623 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. Proeme 147 To bring it into ashes, it must bee torrified in an oven. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. C5 It's hardly concocted..and torrifieth the bloud. 1819 H. Busk Banquet i. 234 The housewives..on the embers torrify their cake. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 159/2 Taking care not to torrefy them too much. b. To deprive of all moisture by heating, as a chemical or drug. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [verb (transitive)] > by exposure to heat parcha1382 air1539 torrefy1601 fire1825 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvii. iv. 272 It [Aloe] ought to be torrefied in an earthen vessell. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. x. 422 Torrifie nitre untill it begin to looke blacke. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 230 They torrify a Spoonful of white Cummin-seed. c. Metallurgy. To roast, as ores, in order to deprive of sulphur, arsenic, or other volatile substance. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > extract from ore > other processes roast1582 excoct1601 torrefy1686 chloridize1870 chlorinate1875 flash-roast1951 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. v. 188 Pyrites aureus (which if torrefy'd..prove all Iron Ores). 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 100 To prepare iron-stone for the furnace, it must be roasted, or torrified, to expel all volatile matters. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 415/1 It contains carbonaceous matter enough to torrify the stone and make it fit for the furnace. 2. intransitive. To become reduced to a cinder or ash; to become calcined. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > burn away or to ashes out-burna1382 consumec1425 torrefy1615 incinerate1800 roast1839 calcine1855 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 89 This Fat..is not melted by fire, but rather torrifieth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1601 |
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