congelation

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These tubes imbibe the aqueous fluid during the day, which freezes, it is said, in the cold of the night, and expands while in the act of congelation.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

No doubt they had tried to swim across at the moment of congelation, and had been unable to disengage themselves.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Fur Country," reading as follows: "It is not a mist or fog,' he said to his companions, 'it is frost-rime,' a dense vapor which remains in a state of complete congelation.

From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by McAllan, Alexander

Similar divergences were manifested in the delays observed in congelation, and disappeared when subjected to an analogous correction.

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien

Some hours after, congelation would supervene, and with it, impossibility of restoration to life.

From The Man With The Broken Ear by Holt, Henry