Scarify

[Grogie]

I have to admit that I,m partial to adjectives too but here,s another verb. It means '' to break up(the soil, a road surface etc,etc) or '' to lacerate(a person) with very severe criticism.''

[Perry]

scarification
c.1400, "act of covering with scratches or slight cuts," from O.Fr. scarification (1314), from L.L. scarificationem, noun of action from scarificare, from L. scarifare "scratch open," from Gk. skariphasthai "to scratch an outline, sketch," from skariphos "pencil, stylus," from PIE base *skribh- "to cut, separate, sift" (see script). Scarify in the sense "cover with scars" (1687) is a sense-shift from infl. of scar.

Shame on us. It only took us 600 years to discover this word.

[skinem]

I've heard this word used in discussion of glaciation's effect upon rock, mountains, etc.; also describes my shaving results...

Good word!