lichening

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noun

A covering of lichen.

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Meanings

nounlichening (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA covering of lichen.

    The house was apparently very old; it had an almost prehistoric look about it, so rude and weatherbeaten was it, but the rudeness of the masonry and the lichening of the stones were no real indications of antiquity […]

    1892, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine, page 230

Origin

From lichen + -ing.

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APA

lichening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichening

MLA

“lichening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichening. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lichening,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichening.

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