Torrefy
verb (used with object), torrefied, torrefying.
1.
to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
2.
Pharmacology. to dry or parch (drugs) with heat.
3.
to roast, as metallic ores.
verb -fies, -fying, -fied
1.
(transitive) to dry (drugs, ores, etc) by subjection to intense heat; roast
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