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Webster 1913 Edition


Lapidescence

Lapˊi-des′cence

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Noun.
1.
The state or quality of being lapidescent.
2.
A hardening into a stone substance.
3.
A stony concretion.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lapidescence

LAPIDES'CENCE

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Noun.
[L. lapidesco, from lapis, a stone.]
1.
The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance.
2.
A stony concretion.