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scarify

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scarify
To roughen a surface by sanding or some other technique, in order to improve adhesion of paint.
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Tom contrived to scarify the cupboard with it, and was arranging to begin on the bureau, when he was called off to dress for Sunday-school.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
There's my wife now, she never has an answer at her tongue's end; but if I offend her, she's sure to scarify my throat with black pepper the next day, or else give me the colic with watery greens.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
Incapable of checking a witty saying, he would scarify his two neighbors before a dinner was half over.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
 
 
 
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