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. rare
– 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
– 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 …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIE to freeze …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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