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