TORREFY

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To dry by a fire. Sir T. Browne.

2.
v.

To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.

3.
v.

To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired.