Lexicographical Neighbors of Silicifies
Literary usage of Silicifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1883)
"The water silicifies, is tasteless, inodorous, slightly alkaline, with carbonate
of lime and iron.—Newbold, Jour. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, XIII, 1313. ..."
2. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"... silicate) soaked into the pores of the wood, which, so to speak, silicifies
the wood and renders it capable of resisting ihe penetration of liquids. ..."
3. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1906)
"452, 1893) Brongniart states in reference to the perforated wood: "En 1877 j'ai
fait connaitre des bois fossiles silicifies, provenant du houiller d'Autun ..."
4. Henley's Twentieth Century Forrmulas, Recipes and Processes: Containing Ten by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1914)
"... absorbed by the pores of the wood, which, as it were, silicifies the wooden
surfaces, rendering them resistive against the penetration of liquids. ..."
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