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I. a scratching open; of the skin, a scarifying, Col. 6, 12, 1; 6, 17, 1; 6, 17, 4; Veg. 4, 21, 1.—Of the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251.—Of the ground for planting, Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.