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congealment|kənˈdʒiːlmənt|
Also ME. congele-.
[f. congeal v. + -ment. Congelement was perh. in OF. or AF.]
1. The act of congealing and of being congealed.
c1400Test. Love ii. xi, After congelement a margarite with endles vertue..was..given to every creture. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 64 The corrosive oil which is to be poured off after its congealment. 1814Cary Dante (Chandos) 99 A shade More worthy in congealment to be fix'd.
2. concr. Anything congealed; a congealed mass.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. viii. 10 Whil'st they with ioyfull teares Wash the congealement from your wounds. 1641Milton Reform. i. (1851) 11 Those Gifts..settling in a skinny congealment of ease and sloth at the top. |