Definition of Opalized

1. Verb. (past of opalize) ¹

2. Adjective. Converted into a form of opal or chalcedony ¹

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Definition of Opalized

1. converted into opal [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opalized

opalescence
opalescences
opalescent
opalescent dentin
opalescently
opalesces
opalescing
opaline
opaline patch
opalines
opalise
opalised
opalises
opalising
opalize
opalized
opalizes
opalizing
opalotype
opalotypes
opals
opanak
opaque
opaque gem
opaque microscope
opaqued
opaquely
opaqueness
opaquenesses
opaquer

Literary usage of Opalized

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Knowledge of Pottery, Porcelain, and Other Objects of Vertu by Henry George Bohn, Ralph Bernal (1857)
"A pilgrim-shaped bottle, of semi-opalized glass, entirely covered with metal-gilt openwork of foliage of boys supporting shields, mask handles in relief, ..."

2. The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts by John White Webster, John Ware, Daniel Treadwell (1824)
"Opalized wood. Opaque opal, more or less coloured, and opal jasper, by impregnating wood, buried in the midst of the debris of pumice, have given rise to ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1903)
"Brown sandstone, with black specks and fragments of opalized wood. ... White sands with opalized wood, ...... 6 9. Brown coal, .......... 1 10. ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"From the latter were suspended three chandeliers, the central one having three " opalized " glass globes about one and a half foot in diameter—each ..."

5. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Wood, Silicified (Petrified wood; Opalized wood; Agatized wood). A natural material composed of opal or chalcedony (agate) and formed by the replacement of ..."

6. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1822)
"Opalized Wood.—Opaque opal, more or less coloured, and opal-jasper, by impregnating wood buried in the midst of pu- micose debris, have given rise to ..."

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