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vitrified, ppl. a.|ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd|
[f. vitrify v.]
1. Converted into glass or a glassy substance by exposure to heat; rendered glassy; glazed.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. 53 Vitrified and pellucide bodyes are of a clearer complexion in their continuities, then in their powders and Atomicall divisions. 1690T. Burnet Theory Earth ii. 49 The sun..would..convert it at length either into an heap of ashes, or a lump of vitrified metal. 1777J. Williams Acc. Anc. Ruins 15 It was all one heap of vitrified ruins from top to bottom. a1787G. White Selborne iv, The sand..fluxes and runs by the intense heat, and so cases over the whole face of the kiln with a strong vitrified coat like glass. a1817T. Dwight Trav. New Eng., etc. (1821) II. 80 At a little distance from the pit there was a large pile of calcined and vitrified ore. 1857Toulmin Smith Parish 349 Glazed or vitrified pipes should only be used in or under buildings. 1869J. Phillips Vesuv. ii. 37 That foul vitrified matter called lava.
b. fig. Icy, frozen.
c1779Crabbe Midnight 216 The winds that in converging Furrows plough The freezing pool..Are arm'd with pain, and vitrified their Wings.
2. vitrified fort, a hill-fort of a type occurring in Scotland and some parts of the Continent, the stones of which have been converted into a vitreous material by the action of fire.
1777J. Williams Acc. Anc. Ruins 25 The largest vitrified fort I ever saw, is on the south side the Grampians, in the shire of Angus. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 115 Upon the top of an insulated hill adjoining, there appears to have been what some would call a vitrified fort; though others will have it to be the vestiges of a volcano. 1825Hibbert in Trans. Soc. Antiq. Scot. (1831) IV. 180 The name of vitrified fort may with much advantage be exchanged for the more comprehensive and untheoretical one of vitrified site. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. II. iii. iii. 413 One of the most remarkable specimens of a vitrified fort in Scotland. 1879Lubbock Addr. Pol. & Educ. ix. 173 The vitrified fort on the Hill of Noath. |