congealedadj.
/kənˈdʒiːld/ 1. Made solid and hard by freezing; frozen.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen
yfrorec1275
frore1297
frozena1340
congealed?a1475
fast1706
vitrified1777
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 323 Islandia is an yle, hauenge..on the north the see congelede.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 47 The snau is ane congelit rane.
1637 J. Milton Comus 16 That snakie headed Gorgon sheild..Wherewith she freez'd her foes to congeal'd stone?
1854 W. K. Kelly tr. D. F. J. Arago Astron. (ed. 5) 139 Found..on the shores of the Icy Sea, a great elephant enclosed in a mass of congealed mud.
2. Solidified as if by freezing; †crystallized, petrified; †(of vapour) condensed.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid
congealedc1384
consolidate1531
baked1547
condensate1555
congelate1574
concrete1598
indensate1599
coagulate1610
condense1610
condensated1625
concreted1634
spissed1635
conglaciated1656
corporified1680
solid1697
incrassateda1706
caked1820
solidified1828
consolidateda1850
sadded1894
densified1900
the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > that emits or relating to moist vapour > condensed into liquid
congealed1661
condensed1833
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 36 This roche..was lyk a thing of glas..But of what congeled matere Hit was, I niste redely.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. D5 Least the congealed vapour drop thence.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) xii. §6. 246 The congealed drops [of lead] or shot.
17.. Berkeley Descr. Cave of Dunmore in Wks. IV. 505 A quantity of this congealed water that..resembles a heap of snow.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 59 Many crystallized minerals are vulgarly called ‘congealed water’.
3. Made into a jelly or viscid substance; curdled, clotted, coagulated.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > coagulated
liveryeOE
livered?a1300
coagulatec1386
curdya1398
clotteredc1405
curdeda1425
quailed1440
congealed1541
clustereda1547
cloddered1558
clodded1562
cluttered1577
quarry1587
curdled1590
quarred1599
settled1600
clotted1605
coagulated1633
curdly1664
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 25 a Oppilations, or hard congeled matter in the inner partes of the body.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 To purge congelit fleume of the lychtis.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 56 Dead Henries woundes, Open their congeald mouthes and bleede a fresh. View more context for this quotation
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. ix. 242 Congealed bloud settleth to the side.
Derivatives
conˈgealedness n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition
frozenness1653
congealedness1664
congelation1686
freeze-up1876
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. i. vii Especially if they come from the North, the congeledness of this Meteor [hail] bearing upon it the character of that Quarter.
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