vitrified

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

vitrified
    adj 1: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous
           by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery";
           "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for
           plumbing fixtures" [syn: {glassy}, {vitreous},
           {vitrified}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vitrified \Vit"ri*fied\, a.
   Converted into glass.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitrified}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Vitrifying}.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass +
   -ficare to make. See {Vitreous}, {-fy}.]
   To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy
   substance, by heat and fusion.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "vitrified":
      backed, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, crusted,
      crusty, crystallized, fossilized, granulated, hardened, hornified,
      incrusted, indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified,
      reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled,
      stiffened, strengthened, toughened

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