Part 4535

<hw>Fosse"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the <i>fosse</i> or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.</def>

<h1>Fossil</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"sil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fossilis</ets>, fr. <ets>fodere</ets> to dig: cf. F. <ets>fossile</ets>. See <er>Fosse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Dug out of the eart; <as>as, <ex>fossil</ex> coal; <ex>fossil</ex> salt.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. whether petrified or not; <as>as, <ex>fossil</ex> plants, shells</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Fossil copal</col>, <cd>a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Fossil cork</col>, <col>flax</col>, <col>paper</col>, &or; <col>wood</col></mcol>, <cd>varieties of amianthus.</cd> -- <col>Fossil farina</col>, <cd>a soft carbonate of lime.</cd> -- <col>Fossil ore</col>, <cd>fossiliferous red hematite.</cd></cs>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Fossil</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"sil</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A substance dug from the earth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; Formerly all minerals were called <i>fossils</i>, but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth.</note>

<i>Ure.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Fossiliferous</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos`sil*if"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fossil</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Containing or composed of fossils.</def>

<h1>Fossilification</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos*sil`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fossil</ets> + L. <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The process of becoming fossil.</def>

<h1>Fossilism</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"sil*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science or state of fossils.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.</def>

<h1>Fossilist</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"sil*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.</def>

<i>Joseph Black.</i>

<h1>Fossilization</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos`sil*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fossilisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.</def>

<h1>Fossilize</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"sil*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fossilized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fossilizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fossiliser</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To convert into a fossil; to petrify; <as>as, to <ex>fossilize</ex> bones or wood</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.</def>