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petrifaction [ˌpɛtrɪˈfækʃən], petrification [ˌpɛtrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] n 1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the act or process of forming petrified organic material 2. the state of being petrified
petrification, petrifaction Iapidification. See also: Processeslapidification. See also: Stones
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Translations petrifaction, petrification n → Versteinerung f, → Petrifikation f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No answering spark of kindness, no awakening penitence, but an unappeasable ill-humour, and a spirit of tyrannous exaction that increased with indulgence, and a lurking gleam of self-complacent triumph at every detection of relenting softness in my manner, that congealed me to marble again as often as it recurred; and this morning he finished the business:- I think the petrifaction is so completely effected at last that nothing can melt me again. Here, too, the bride's aunt and next relation; a widowed female of a Medusa sort, in a stoney cap, glaring petrifaction at her fellow- creatures. Esther, whose eyes had come alive and her cheeks flushed during these last words, relapsed in a second into a state of petrifaction. |
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