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lapidescent
lapidescent, a. and n. ? Obs. (læpɪˈdɛsənt) [ad. L. lapidescent-em, pres. pple. of lapidescĕre to become stony, f. lapid-, lapis stone.] A. adj. That is in process of becoming stone; having a tendency to solidify into stone. Said chiefly of ‘petrifying’ waters and the salts dissolved or suspended in... Oxford English Dictionary
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lapidescence
† lapiˈdescence Obs. [f. lapidescent a.: see -ence.] Lapidescent condition; petrifaction. So † lapiˈdescency, in quot. quasi-concr., a result of petrifaction.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxiii. 167 Those fragments and pieces of Lapis Ceratites, commonly termed Cornu fossile..are but the Lapide... Oxford English Dictionary
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decident
† ˈdecident, a. Obs. [ad. L. dēcident-em, pr. pple. of dēcidĕre to fall down or off, f. de- I. 1, 2 + cadĕre to fall: cf. decadent.] Falling.1674 Durant in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 223 Decident lapidescent Waters. Oxford English Dictionary
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trill
▪ I. † trill, n.1 Obs. rare. Also 6 tryle. Origin and meaning uncertain.1558 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 470 Wheare the bouchers of this cittie and ther servaunts dothe contynuallie cut trills out of every hyde,..every person may laufully seise and take..all and every suche tryle as shalbe founde. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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chamber
▪ I. chamber, n. (ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)) Forms: 3–5 chaumbre, 3–7 chambre, 4 chaumber, 4– chamber. Also chaumbir, -bur, -byr, chawmbire, chambir, -bere, chanbur, 5 chambyr(e, chawmbyr, chaunber, -bour, -byr, chamer, chawmere, caumbre, 5–6 chambur, 6 chamboure, 7 chambor, camber. Also Sc. 4–5 chamur, chalmir, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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