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Vitrify

Vit’ri-fȳ, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. VITRIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. VITRIFYING.] [Fr. vitrifier, Sp. & Pg. vitrificar, It. vitrificare, vetrificare, from Lat. vitrum, glass, and facere, to make.] To convert into glass by fusion, or the action of heat; as, to vitrify sand and alkaline salts.

Vit’ri-fȳ, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To become glass; to be converted into glass.

Chemists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. Arbuthnot.