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Scarification

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scarifiernounAn implement for working and loosening the soil; often, one with teeth or shanks that does not bring up a fresh surface.
rasionnoun(archaic) The act of scraping.
scarpingnounThe formation of cliffs by erosion.
scoriationnounaphetic form of excoriation
scrapingverb(computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
scrappingnounThe act by which something is scrapped.
scouringnounThe act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
raclagenoun(medicine) The destruction of a soft growth by rubbing, as with a brush or harsh sponge; curettage, grattage, scraping.
rasurenoun(now rare, law) Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
scrapenounThe sound or action of something being scraped.
rakingnounThe act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
ramentnoun(obsolete, usually plural) A scraping; a shaving.
grattagenoun(art) A technique popularized by Max Ernst involving scraping at dried paint in order to form patterns.
scarpenoun(heraldry) Alternative form of scrape (“diminutive bend”). [A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).]
scrappagenoun(UK) An amount of money paid by the government to a person trading in an old car (to be scrapped) for a more environmentally-friendly new one.
scrapeagenounScraping.
excorticationnounThe act of stripping off bark, or a similar structure
searnounA scar produced by searing
abrasionnounThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
strigmentnoun(obsolete, usually plural) scraping, or something which is scraped off (e.g. off the skin)

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