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lapidific, a. ? Obs.|læpɪˈdɪfɪk|
[f. L. lapid-, lapis stone + -ific. Cf. F. lapidifique.]
Adapted to or concerned with the making of stones.
1693Sir T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 35 In the Kidneys..that part which..is the most Lapidifick of the whole Body. 1746Simon in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 317 The finer the lapidific Particles are, the more beautiful and natural the Petrifaction will appear. 1786Jefferson Writ. (1859) I. 516 Have we any better proof of such an effort of nature, than of her shooting a lapidific juice into the form of a shell. 1802Playfair Illustr. Hutton. Theory 373 Carrying some cementing substance along with it, or some lapidific juice, as it is called.
So † lapiˈdifical a. = lapidific.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. 50 Crystall..is..concreted by..lapidificall principles of its owne. 1675E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelm. 46 The Seeds of Petrifaction, or lapidifical Principle, which converts all materials it meets withall into a stony concrete. |