2. A hardening into a stone substance.
[1913 Webster]
3. A stony concretion. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
lapidescence — (entrée créée par le supplément) (la pi dè ssan s ) s. f. Tendance de certains corps à se lapidifier. • La nature emploie un autre moyen, et en effet celui dont je viens de parler [la lapidescence par sédiment] ne suffit pas pour rendre raison… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
lapidescence — n. Lapidification, petrifaction … New dictionary of synonyms
lapidescence — lapidescˈence noun (archaic) • • • Main Entry: ↑lapis … Useful english dictionary
hardness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Solidity Nouns 1. hardness, rigidity, inflexibility, temper, callosity; toughness; petrification, lapidification, lapidescence; vitrification, ossification; crystallization. See density, strength. 2.… … English dictionary for students
Hardness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hardness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hardness hardness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rigidity rigidity Sgm: N 1 renitence renitence renitency Sgm: N 1 inflexibility inflexibility temper callosity … English dictionary for students
lapidification — n. Lapidescence, petrifaction … New dictionary of synonyms
