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r; a fibroma. Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue. -- Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of t…

To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.

Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.] The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. Shak.

a forge or bloomary. -- Forge rolls, Forge train, the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars. -- Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. -- Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to…

The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.

To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle.

To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.

Capable of being funded, or converted into a fund; convertible into bonds.

g of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

The act or process of converting into gas.

To convert into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.

Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly.

The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.

To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t.

Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [India] Malcom.

To convert into, or cover with, ice.

o surpass. (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the session. (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose. -- To go through. (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work. (b)…

n from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.