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FOSSILS
Noun
fossils
plural of fossil
Source: Wiktionary
FOSSIL
Fos"sil, a. Etym: [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
2. (Paleon.)
Definition: Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.
– Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus.
– Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.
– Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. Raymond.
Fos"sil, n.
1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.]
Note: Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth. Ure.
2. (Paleon.)
Definition: The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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