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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VITRIFACTION

n.[See Vitrify. ] The act, process or operation of converting into glass by heat; as the vitrifaction of sand, flint and pebbles with alkaline salts.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VITRIFACTION

Vit `ri *fac "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. Vitrification. ]

 

Defn: The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state of being vitrified.