What does petrescent mean?
Petrescent means (archaic) Petrifying; converting into stone..
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/pɛˈtɹɛsənt/ · adjective
(archaic) Petrifying; converting into stone..
in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth
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Petrescent means (archaic) Petrifying; converting into stone..
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in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth
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