Lapidary

lap'Y-da-rf, n. An artificer who cuts, pol- ishes, and engraves precious stones; a dealer in, or virtuoso skilled in gems, etc. — a. Pert, to the am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, LARK art of cutting stones. [F. lapidaire, L. lapidarius, jeweler, stone-mason, fr. lapis, -idis, a stone, Gr. "lep as, a bare rock, lep is, scale, flake, lepein, to peal, E. leaf, dilapidate.)— Lapida'rian, a. Of, pert, to, or inscribed on stone. — Lapides'cent, -sent, a. Growing or turning to stone.— n. A substance having the quality of petrifying a body, or of being converted into stone.— Lapides'cence, -sens, n. A nardening into a stony substance; a stony concretion.— Lapid'ify, v. [-fied (-fid), -fying.] To form into stone. — v. To become stone or stony. — Lapidif' -ical, a. Forming or converting into stone.— Lapid^fica'tion, n. Operation of, etc. — Lap'idist, n. A lapidary.