lapidificadj.
/lapɪˈdɪfɪk/ ? Obsolete.
Adapted to or concerned with the making of stones.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective]
lapidifical1646
lapidifactory1649
lapidific1693
petrogenetic1868
petrogenic1908
1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 35 In the Kidneys..that part which..is the most Lapidifick of the whole Body.
1747 J. Simon in Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 317 The finer the lapidific Particles are, the more beautiful and natural the Petrifaction will appear.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 516 Have we any better proof of such an effort of nature, than of her shooting a lapidific juice into the form of a shell.
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 373 Carrying some cementing substance along with it, or some lapidific juice, as it is called.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective]
lapidifical1646
lapidifactory1649
lapidific1693
petrogenetic1868
petrogenic1908
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 50 Crystall..is..concreted by..lapidificall principles of its owne. View more context for this quotation
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 46 The Seeds of Petrifaction, or lapidifical Principle, which converts all materials it meets withall into a stony concrete.
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