FREEZE, FREEZING
ADJECTIVES
► ARCTIC of weather or conditions: extremely cold, freezing → 1876 colloq.
NOUNS
► AGGELATION the process by which ice is formed as water freezes; congelation → 1650 obs.
► GELATION solidification by cold, freezing → 1854
VERBS
► CATCH to freeze → 1879 Amer. dial.
► CATCH OVER to freeze over → 1886
► FRIGITATE to freeze, to cool → 1635 obs.
► LAPPER of water: to congeal, to turn to ice slowly, to freeze → 1789 Sc.
► SKIFF to freeze over in a thin coat → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SKIFT to freeze over in a thin coat → 1943 Amer. dial.
► SKIM to freeze in a thin layer → 1860 Amer. dial.
► SKIMP to freeze in a thin layer → 1967 Amer. dial.
► TAKE of water: to begin to freeze → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIE to freeze → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIGHTEN UP to freeze → 1975 Amer. dial.
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