calcify
(verb) convert into lime; “the salts calcified the rock”
calcify
(verb) turn into lime; become calcified; “The rock calcified over the centuries”
calcify
(verb) become impregnated with calcium salts
calcify
(verb) become inflexible and unchanging; “Old folks can calcify”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)
(transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
(intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"ci*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] Etym: [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
Definition: To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
Cal"ci*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
