Literary references, etc.
mongo62aa
william.truderung at sympatico.ca
Wed Jan 2 14:42:20 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 32543
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Chelsea2162 at a... wrote:
> hermine turned into stone? Ah, i think I must go read the book
again!
>
> *Chelsea (slightly confused, but smiley as ever)
Well, the literal meaning of 'petrified' is 'turned to stone', as for
example petrified wood, which is wood which has had all of the
organic matter replaced by silica (stone).
William
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