stone-making

In the eleventh century Avicenna accounted for the fossils by suggesting a "stone-making force"; attributed them to a "formative quality;" centuries some philosophers ventured the idea that they grew from seed; and the Aristotelian doctrine of spontaneous generation was constantly used to prove that these stony fossils possessed powers of reproduction like plants and animals.

A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom 1896

So, Percy uses his shiny iPod to reflect the stone-making face of Medusa (Uma Thurman, as campy here as she was playing Poison Ivy or Bill's lethal ex), and Annabeth exclaims that they need to beware Homeland Security (the agency is hardly equipped to deal sensibly with demigods).

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

So, Percy uses his shiny iPod to reflect the stone-making face of Medusa (Uma Thurman, as campy here as she was playing Poison Ivy or Bill's lethal ex), and Annabeth exclaims that they need to beware Homeland Security (the agency is hardly equipped to deal sensibly with demigods).

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs 2010

He turns away {his eyes}; and thus suppliant, and stretching forth his hands, that confessed {his fault}, and his arms obliquely extended, he says, “Perseus, thou hast conquered; remove the direful monster, and take away that stone-making face of thy Medusa, whatever she may be; take it away, I pray.

The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847