[f. prec. + -ING1.] The action of prec. vb.; clarification.
c. 1460. J. Russell, Bk. Nurture, in Babees Bk. (1868), 205. Hony aftur claryfiynge.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. IV. Prol. 3. The clarifying and rectifying of the mind is its principal end.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Pears, The Clarifying of the Sugar may also be dispensed with.
1851. Carpenter, Man. Phys. (ed. 2), 507. [The] caseine … may be separated by keeping the butter melted at a temperature of 180°, when the caseine will fall to the bottom, leaving the butter pure and much less liable to change; an operation which is commonly known as the clarifying of butter.
