congelation

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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

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 Butler, Thomas Belden

On the one hand I knew that he was dying on my hands by congelation; on the other, I could not, by myself, bestow upon him the attentions that were indispensable.

From The Man With The Broken Ear by Holt, Henry

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

The principal chain is about 1500 miles long, and the principal peaks rise above or approach the line of perpetual congelation, Miltsin in Morocco being 11,400 feet high, and Tizi Likumpt being 13,150.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various