Category:Petrifaction

Pet`ri*fac"tion, n. Etym: [see petrify.]

1. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of Any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance Of stony hardness.

2. The state or condition of being petrified.

3. That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony Matter; an incrustation.

4. Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth.