Vitrify

3 definitions found

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

  Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t.
     To become glass; to be converted into glass.
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           Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined,
           which will not vitrify in the fire.      --Arbuthnot.


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

  Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitrified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Vitrifying}.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass +
     -ficare to make. See {Vitreous}, {-fy}.]
     To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy
     substance, by heat and fusion.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vitrify
       v 1: change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
       2: undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
       [also: {vitrified}]