单词 | stonify |
释义 | stonifyv. rare. transitive. To make stony, or turn into stone; to petrify. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [verb (transitive)] petrify?a1425 stonify1610 inlapidate1626 lapidify1816 lithify1877 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 363 (margin) Wilkes of stone or Shell-fish stonified. 1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes ii. v. sig. Div Whose most vgly shapes,..[they] May kill, and stonifie without all weapons. 1763 Ann. Reg., Char. 28/2 Flints..are,..if the expression may be allowed, more stonified than other stones. 1887 W. C. Russell Frozen Pirate I. xi. 160 The temperature below had not the severity to stonify me to the granite of the men at the table. Derivatives ˈstonified adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrified petrified?a1425 putrefied1761 lapidified1832 lithified1877 stonified1882 1882 R. C. Maclagan Sc. Myths 144 This stonified head. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. III. xxxiii. 218 The stonified ship [a ship encrusted with shells, etc.] shook to the mighty discharge. ˈstonifiable adj. capable of being stonified. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > capable of being stonifiable1662 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 247 Every stonyfiable juyce hath its own determined..hardness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1610 |
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