congelation
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Luther's love of toleration perished here by congelation; There the too great elevation turned Napoleon's seething brain; Here a whirlwind caught Descartes and swept him downward to the plain.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
It forms near, and above, the point of congelation, and is often composed of crystals of ice or snow.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler
According to these theories, the earth was inevitably advancing to a state of congelation which was close at hand.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
What reason is there why, for instance, thought should not be termed a property of thinking protoplasm, just as congelation is a property of water, and centrifugience of gas?
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton
The Massachusetts historian Mather quaintly observes, “The difficulty of the cold season so discouraged our men that after some few shot the enterprize found itself under too much congelation to proceed any further.”
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
