fossil

n. (மண்.) புதைவடிவம், மரபற்றுப்போனவற்றின் பழஞ்சின்னம், பழமைப்பட்டவர், காலத்துக்கு ஒவ்வாப் பழம் பாணியினர், வழக்கில்லாப் பழம்பொருள், (பெ.) புதைபடிவ நிலையிலுள்ள, பழமைப்பட்ட, காலத்துக்கு ஒவ்வாப் பழம் பாணியிலுள்ள, மேற்கொண்டு வளர்ச்சியுடையுந் திறனற்ற.

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Fos"sil, a. Etym: [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.] 1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Defn: 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. 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.) Defn: 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.]

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