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of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.

The act or manner of feeding. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. "Obfuscation of the cornea." E. Darwin.

The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The act of lopping or cutting off. [R.] Cockeram.

The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [R.] "This inward occecation." Bp. Hall.

See Obfuscate, Obfuscation. [Obs.]

The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.

The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the action of, ozone.

The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. Coleridge.

ing, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification." Bacon.

The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

The act or process of making bread. Ure.

The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.

See Petrifaction.

The act or process of combining with phlogiston.

Fishing; fishery. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of placating. [R.] Puttenham (1589).

.] You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . . but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge.

A folding or fold; a plait. Richardson.