Freez"ing, a.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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