conglaciation

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Noun

conglaciation (countable and uncountable, plural conglaciations)

(archaic) The act or process of changing into ice; a freezing or congelation.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, , →OCLC:
  The artificial experiment of conglaciation of water by Ice with black salt.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC:
  And remained in a fluid body, it was a subject very unapt for proper conglaciation.
  No other doth properly conglaciate but water: for the determination of quicksilver is properly fixation, and that of milk coagulation.

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