Definition of "scarifier" []

• One who scarifies. (noun)
• The instrument used for scarifying. (noun)
• An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface. (noun)

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• "Brian appeared, waving, out of the shed where he was trying to dismantle a hundred year old scarifier."
• "They agreed that the modern plough ploughed better, that the scarifier did the work more quickly, but they found thousands of reasons that made it out of the question for them to use either of them; and though he had accepted the conviction that he would have to lower the standard of cultivation, he felt sorry to give up improved methods, the advantages of which were so obvious."
• "Instead of the old-fashioned lancet in the vein Sir Henry preferred the modern scarifier that was supposed to be faster and more effective."