(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:47

Sco"ri*fi`er (?), n. Chem.

One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.

 

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