3. That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
4. Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "Petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth.
PETRIFACTIVE
Pet`ri*fac"tive, a.
1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. The . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies. Sir T. Browne.
PETRIFIC
Pe*trif"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pétrifique.]
Defn: Petrifying; petrifactive.
Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry. Milton.
PETRIFICATE
Pet"ri*fi*cate, v. t.
Defn: To petrify. [Obs.]
Our hearts petrificated were. J. Hall (1646).
PETRIFICATION
Pet`ri*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pétrification. See Petrify.]