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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vitrified  \Vit"ri*fied\,  a. 
  Converted  into  glass. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vitrify  \Vit"ri*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Vitrified};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Vitrifying}.]  [F.  vitrifier;  L.  vitrum  glass  + 
  -ficare  to  make  See  {Vitreous},  {-fy}.] 
  To  convert  into  or  cause  to  resemble,  glass  or  a  glassy 
  substance,  by  heat  and  fusion. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vitrified 
  adj  :  (of  ceramics)  having  the  surface  made  shiny  and  nonporous  by 
  fusing  a  vitreous  solution  to  it  "glazed  pottery"; 
  "glassy  porcelain";  "hard  vitreous  china  used  for 
  plumbing  fixtures"  [syn:  {glassy},  {vitreous}] 




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