单词 | lapidifying |
释义 | > as lemmaslaˈpidifying laˈpidifying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrifying petrificant1603 stoning1623 lapidescent1644 petrifactive1646 petrifying1649 petrous1657 petrescent1661 petrific1667 lapidifying1669 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 266 From which lapidifying juyce [etc.]. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 25 Porous bodies..might be converted into stone, as being permeable to what he [Mattioli] termed the ‘lapidifying juice’. 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 137 A..struggle between the destructive power of the Nera, and the lapidifying power of the Velino. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 260 They [pearls] are produced by the extravasation of a lapidifying fluid. < as lemmas |
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