Category:Silicify

Si*lic"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silicified; p. pr. & vb. n. Silicifying.] Etym: [l. silex, silicis, a flint + -fy: cf. F. Silicifier.] (chem.)

Defn: to convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the Compounds of silicon. The specimens found. . . are completely silicified. Say.

Note: the silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, Hornstone, or crystalline quartz.

Silicify Si*lic"i*fy, v. i.

Defn: to become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with Silica.