Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calcified"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.


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