单词 | congealing |
释义 | ▪ I. congealing, vbl. n.|kənˈdʒiːlɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] 1. The action of the verb congeal: freezing, etc.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. vi. in Ashm. (1652) 161 Of such Congelyng folys do clatter. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) VI. xv. §15. 237 The congealing of the blood. 1761Watson in Phil. Trans. LII. 163 He observed the same facts in relation to the congealing of mercury. †2. concr. A thing that congeals, or is congealed; coagulum, rennet. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xi. (1495) 767 The congelynge of a lambe [L. coagulum agni, i.e. ‘rennet’] wyth wyne heelyth bytynge of spynners. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Cuajo, the crudde or congealing, also a runnet for cheese, coagulum. ▪ II. conˈgealing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That congeals.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 342/2 Applye theron knitting and congealinge Playsters. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. i. 7 A benumbing spirit, a congealing vapour. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 23 This Aristotle calls the drying and congealing virtue of the earth. |

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