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Petrifaction

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(1):

(n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.

(2):

(n.) That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.

(3):

(n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.

(4):

(n.) The state or condition of being petrified.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Petrifaction'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/petrifaction.html. 1828.
 
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