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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAPIDESCENCE

n.[L. lapidesco, from lapis, a stone. ] 1. The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance.
2. A stony concretion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LAPIDESCENCE

LAPIDESCENCE Lap `i *des "cence, n.

 

1. The state or quality of being lapidescent.

 

2. A hardening into a stone substance.

 

3. A stony concretion. Sir T. Browne.