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PET'RIFICATE, v.t. To petrify. [Not used.]
PETRIFICA'TION, n. The process of petrifying. 1. That which is petrified; a petr...
PET'RIFIED, pp. Changed into stone. 1. Fixed in amazement.
PET'RIFY, v.t. [L. petra; Gr. a stone or rock, and facio, to make.] 1. To conver...
PET'RIFYING, ppr. Converting into stone; as petrifying operation.
PE'TROL PETRO'LEUM, n. [Gr. a stone, and oil; quasi petrolaion.] Rock oil, a liq...
PET'RONEL, n. A horseman's pistol.
PET'ROSILEX, n. [L. petra, Gr. a stone, and silex, flint.] Rock stone; rock flin...
PETROSILI'CIOUS, a. Consisting of petrosilex; as petrosilicious breccias.
PE'TROUS, a. [L. petra, a stone.] Like stone; hard; stony.
PET'TICOAT, n. A garment worn by females and covering the lower limbs.
PET'TIFOG, v.i. [L. voco, like advocate.] To do small business; as a lawyer. [Vu...
PET'TIFOGGER, n. An inferior attorney or lawyer who is employed in small or mean...
PET'TIFOGGERY, n. The practice of a pettifogger; tricks; quibbles.
PET'TINESS, n. [from petty.] Smallness; littleness.
PET'TISH, a. [from pet.] Fretful; peevish; subject to freaks of ill temper.