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Definition of Petrifiers
1. petrifier [n] - See also: petrifier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrifiers
Literary usage of Petrifiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Geology: Intended for the Use of Students by Samuel St. John (1855)
"The most common petrifiers, are carbonate of lime, oxide carbonate or sulphate
of iron, and silica. A fossil petrified in limestone, however, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1851)
"It argued all the better tor that happiness which is our being's end and aim,
that, in condescending to play the lover, he put those unbecoming petrifiers ..."
3. A Compend of Geology by Joseph LeConte (1888)
"The most common petrifiers are silica and carbonate of lime. 3. Organic Form only
preserved.—In many cases the structure is not preserved, but we find only ..."
4. Sayings, Wise and Otherwise by Frederick Swartwout Cozzens (1880)
"Talk is elastic ! but what shall be said of the petrifiers of the living words
of our language ? What shall we say, ..."
5. The West Church, Boston: Commemorative Services on the Fiftieth Anniversary by Cyrus Augustus Bartol, Boston. West church (1887)
"These men were no petrifiers or petrifactions. They knew and honored with mutual
commendation, and never jarred. They were each other's complements. ..."
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