Calcified

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calcified \Cal"ci*fied\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]d), a.
     Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime
     salts; calcareous.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Calcified} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calcifying}.] [L.
     calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
     To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of
     salts of lime.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calcify
       v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: {decalcify}]
       2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
       3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over
          the centuries"
       4: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
       [also: {calcified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calcified
       See {calcify}