What does "vitrify" mean?
Vitrify: To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
Additional senses
- 2.To become glass; to be converted into glass. Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. Arbuthnot.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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