1831 W. Howitt 13 Sometimes, too, rain freezing as it falls, or a sudden thaw, and as sudden a re-freezing, covers the whole ground with a sheet of the most glassy ice.
1977 J. L. Hess & K. Hess iv. 50 Dr. Maclinn goes on to endorse the refreezing of fully thawed food, provided it doesn't actually stink.
2005 J. Fredston viii. 223 If cooling temperatures are allowed to strengthen a snowpack through refreezing, the window of opportunity may be lost.