What is to dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired called?
torrefy — (Pharm.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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