scarifier


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scar·i·fy 1

 (skăr′ə-fī′)
tr.v. scar·i·fied, scar·i·fy·ing, scar·i·fies
1.
a. To make shallow cuts in (the skin), as when vaccinating.
b. To create a design on (the skin) by means of shallow cuts that are sometimes rubbed with a colorant or irritant to enhance the resulting scar tissue.
2. To break up the surface of (topsoil or pavement).
3. To distress deeply, as with severe criticism; lacerate.
4. Botany To slit or soften the outer coat of (seeds) in order to speed germination.
[Middle English scarifien, from Old French scarifier, from Late Latin scarīficāre, alteration of Latin scarīfāre, from Greek skarīphāsthai, to sketch, scratch, from skarīphos, pencil, stylus; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
scar′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
scar′i·fi′er n.

scar·i·fy 2

 (skâr′ə-fī′)
tr.v. scar·i·fied, scar·i·fy·ing, scar·i·fies
To scare.
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They agreed that the modern plough ploughed better, that the scarifier did the work more quickly, but they found thousands of reasons that made it out of the question for them to use either of them; and though he had accepted the conviction that he would have to lower the standard of cultivation, he felt sorry to give up improved methods, the advantages of which were so obvious.
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To aid the treatment, scarify your lawn - with a scarifier or dethatcher which you can buy from all good garden centres - to remove the growth, then spike the area with a garden fork, creating deep holes.
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(2008) observed larger mobilized area of the soil layer using moldboard plow, followed by scarifier and disc plow.
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Use either a scarifier or spring tine rake for this job.
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