Fossil

fos′il, n. the petrified remains of an animal or vegetable found embedded in the strata of the earth's crust: anything antiquated.— adj. dug out of the earth: in the condition of a fo il: antiquated.— adj. Fo il if′erous , bearing or containing fo ils.— n. Fo ilificā′tion , the act of becoming fo il.— vs.t. Fo il′ify , Fo ′ilīse , to convert into a fo il.— v.i. to be changed into a stony or fo il state.— ns. Fo il isā′tion , a changing into a fo il; Fo ′ilism , the science of fo ils; Fo ′ilist , one skilled in fo ils; Fo ilol′ogy , Fo il′ogy , paleontology. [Fr. fo ile —L. fo il is — fodĕre , to dig.]