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<hw>Lap`i*des"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being lapidescent.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A hardening into a stone substance.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A stony concretion.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Lapidescent</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap`i*des"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lapidescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lapidescere</ets> to become stone, fr. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, stone: cf. F. <ets>lapidescent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.</def>

<h1>Lapidescent</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap"i*des"cent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.</def>

<h1>Lapidific, Lapidifical</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw><hw>Lap`i*dif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lap`i*dif"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, stone + <ets>facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>lapidifique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Forming or converting into stone.</def>

<h1>Lapidification</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>La*pid`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lapidification</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.</def>

<h1>Lapidify</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>La*pid"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lapidified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lapidifying</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. f. <ets>lapidifier</ets>. See <er>Lapidific</er>, and <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.</def>

<h1>Lapidify</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>La*pid"i*fy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become stone or stony</def>

<h1>Lapidist</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap"i*dist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, a stone.]</ety> <def>A lapidary.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Lapillation</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap"il*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[See <er>Lapilli</er>.]</ety> <def>The state of being, or the act of making, stony.</def>

<h1>Lapilli</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>La*pil"li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lapillus</ets> a little stone, dim. of <ets>lapis</ets> stone.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.</def>

<h1>Lapis</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>La"pis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lapides</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A stone.</def>

<cs><col>Lapis calaminaris</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>Calamine.</cd> -- <col>Lapis infernalis</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <cd>Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lapis lazuli</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>La"pis laz"u*li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as <er>Lazuli</er>, which see.</def><-- lapis, for short -->