† petrescencen.
Obsolete. rare.
Petrified matter, rock; the process of becoming petrified.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun]
petrifaction?a1425
petrification1611
lapidification1626
lapidescence1649
petrescency1662
petrifying1712
petrescence?1797
lithification1872
petrogenesis1886
lithogeny1888
lithifaction1893
lithogenesis1909
petrogeny1937
?1797 J. Baker Picturesque Guide to Local Beauties of Wales II. 241 The grandest assemblage of petrescence in this part of England.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 140 It proves..that petrifactions are carried on in appropriate circumstances in modern times, and the successive process of petrescence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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