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Cork fossil
Cork fossil Cork" fos`sil (k[^o]rk" f[o^]s`s[i^]l). (Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.
Effossion
Effossion Ef*fos"sion, n. [L. effossio. See Effodient.] A digging out or up. [R.] ``The effossion of coins.' --Arbuthnot.
Fossil
Fossil Fos"sil, n. 1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.] Note: Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth. --Ure. 2. (Paleon.) The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living. 3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. [Colloq.]
Fossil
Fossil Fos"sil, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus. Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
Fossil buttonmolds
Buttonmold But"ton*mold`, n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [Written also buttonmould.] Fossil buttonmolds, joints of encrinites. See Encrinite.
Fossil copal
Fossil Fos"sil, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus. Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
Fossil cork
Fossil Fos"sil, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus. Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
Fossil farina
Fossil Fos"sil, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus. Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
Fossil ore
Fossil Fos"sil, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus. Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
Fossiliferous
Fossiliferous Fos`sil*if"er*ous, a. [Fossil + -ferous.] (Paleon.) Containing or composed of fossils.
Fossilification
Fossilification Fos*sil`i*fi*ca"tion, n. [Fossil + L. facere to make.] The process of becoming fossil.
Fossilism
Fossilism Fos"sil*ism, n. 1. The science or state of fossils. --Coleridge. 2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
Fossilist
Fossilist Fos"sil*ist, n. One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist. --Joseph Black.
Fossilization
Fossilization Fos`sil*i*za"tion, n. [Cf. F. fossilisation.] The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
Fossilize
Fossilize Fos"sil*ize, v. i. 1. To become fossil. 2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
Fossilized
Fossilized Fos"sil*ized, a. Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. --Earle.
Misgurnus fossilis
Thunderfish Thun"der*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large European loach (Misgurnus fossilis).
Refossion
Refossion Re*fos"sion (r?*f?sh"?n), n. [L. refodere, refossum, to dig up again. See Fosse.] The act of digging up again. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Suffossion
Suffossion Suf*fos"sion, n. [L. suffossio, from suffodere, suffossum, to dig under; sub under + fodere to dig.] A digging under; an undermining. [R.] --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Fossi from wikipedia

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- considerably over the course of time. List of works by Sandro Botticelli Fossi 1998, p. 5. Cunningham & Reich 2009, p. 282. Dempsey Foster & Tudor-Craig...