meaning of scarify
1. To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med. ), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
2. To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
3. puncture and scar the skin, as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; "The men in some African tribes scarify their
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