![]() ![]() There we have recorded grants by the abbot of Peterborough to the abbot of Bury of a rood of land in the field of Castor, with free carriage on the public road from Barnack through that land down to the Nene and across the Nene between Peterborough and Alwalton, for the conveyance of marble and other stone for the use of the monks of Bury. Mr Mellows calls our attention to a passage in Henry of Pytchley's Book of Fees (100) and a charter surviving in a copy of the lost original in the Registers of the Precentor which make this clear. They are supposed to be the petrify ' d Arrows of those Two Famous Archers.”Morton's history of these stones, based in part on Gunton's History of Peterborough, has good early authority. ![]() The Balk they stand upon is still call'd St Edmund 's Balk. These Stones are nicked in their Tops after the manner of Arrows, probably enough in Memory of St Edmund, who was shot to Death with Arrows by the Danes. And in some old Terriars, they are called St Edmund ' s Stones. Petrify verb to become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits Petrify verb fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate Etymology: L. technical : to slowly change (something, such as wood) into stone or a substance like stone over a very long period of time. It petrifies terrifies me to think of how close we came to dying. But the Truth is they were set up for Witnesses, that the carriages of Stone from Bernack to Gunwade - Ferry, to be conveyed to St Edmund 's - Bury, might pass that way without paying Toll. + object : to make (someone) very afraid. Morton (551) writes as follows: “Erroneous tradition has given them out to be Two Draughts of Arrows from Alwalton Church-Yard thither, the one of Robin Hood, and the other of Little John. Facere goes back to PIE root dhe-/dho to set, put, an origin it shares with. Mrs.Robin Hood and Little John are the names of two stones in Castor Field near Gunwade Ferry, now covered with thorn- bushes. The action noun is petrification and the personal noun is petrifier.Metaphoric sense of 'paralyze with fear or shock' first recorded 1771. Each person (or creature) attacked in Harry's Second Year was merely petrified instead of killed outright because they did not look directly into the eyes of the great serpent: petrify 1590s, from Middle French ptrifier'to make or become stone' (16c.), from Latin petra'rock, crag' (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere'to make, do' (see factitious). The basilisk's stare is actually deadly.The antidote is made from mandrake roots ( CS9). If a ghost is Petrified, it turns a dark smoky grey and can only be moved by the use of a fan. 1 : converted into stone through a slow process of mineralization petrified wood a petrified forest And at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History's annual dinosaur ball, about 800 patrons in black tie or gown waltz among the petrified remains of the once-glorious creatures. It takes careful examination to discern whether a victim is in fact Petrified rather than dead. The Petrification effect resembles death, except that the victim is still alive, as if in suspended animation. Petrified (adjective) /ptrfd/ Meaning: So frightened that one is not able to move terrified/scared.Not a spell so much as a magical effect, caused by seeing the reflected eyes of a basilisk. petrify: English (eng) (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. ![]()
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