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Webster 1913 Edition


Freezing

Freez′ing

,
Adj.
Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.
–
Frrez′ing-ly
,
adv.
Freezing machine
.
See
Ice machine
, under
Ice
.
–
Freezing mixture
,
a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold.
–
Freezing point
,
that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; – applied particularly to water, whose
freezing point
is at 32° Fahr., and at 0° Centigrade.