Noah Webster
Torrefy
TOR'REFY, verb transitive [Latin torrefacio; Latin torridus, torreo, and facio.]
1. To dry by a fire.
2. In metallurgy, to roast or scorch, as metallic ores.
3. In pharmacy, to dry or parch, as drugs, on a metalline plate till they are friable, or are reduced to any state desired.