torrĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [torreo], to make dry by heat, to parch, torrefy: quidam vinaceorum duas libras torrefaciunt, Col. 6, 7, 4; mostly pass.: seges torrefacta, id. 2, 21, 3: nuces avellanae, id. 12, 57, 3: sesama, id. ib.