Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To separate (an ore) into scoria and a precious metal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To reduce to scoria, slag, or dross.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Chem.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To reduce an
ore toscoria .
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Examples
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It is no matter if the liquor is a little bit turbid; transfer it to a lead dish, evaporate, scorify, and cupel in the usual fashion.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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When the cupel shows signs of the presence of these metals in objectionable quantity, it is well to repeat the assay and scorify so as to remove them before cupellation.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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In the latter case it is best to scorify the lead down to something less than 1 gram, and to perform the cupellation on a specially prepared small fine cupel.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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