Pe‐tres″cent (?), a. [L. petra rock, stone, Gr. �.] Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water. Boyle.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.