1. (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.

2. (n.) The state or condition of being petrified.

3. (n.) That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.

4. (n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.

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