3. (Agric.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without
bringing up a fresh surface.
You have your scarifiers to make the ground clean.
Southey.
Scar"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Scarifying (?).] [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. &?;
to scratch up, fr. &?; a pointed instrument.] 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.