lapidescence

Lapidescence

Lap`i*des"cence\, n. 1. The state or quality of being lapidescent.

2. A hardening into a stone substance.

3. A stony concretion. --Sir T. Browne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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