scorification

[ skawr-uh-fi-key-shuhn, skohr- ]

nounMetallurgy.
  1. an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.

Origin of scorification

1
First recorded in 1745–55; scori(a) + -fication

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