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The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the
congelation of water; congelation of fluids. |
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The state or temperature of the air which occasions
congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. |
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Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost. |
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Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
character. |
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To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants. |
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To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling
frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass. |
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To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of
horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather. |