All 3 Uses of
congeal
in
Jane Eyre
- I covered my head and arms with the skirt of my frock, and went out to walk in a part of the plantation which was quite sequestrated; but I found no pleasure in the silent trees, the falling fir-cones, the congealed relics of autumn, russet leaves, swept by past winds in heaps, and now stiffened together.†
p. 46.4congealed = thickened; or came together
- Gathering my mantle about me, and sheltering my hands in my muff, I did not feel the cold, though it froze keenly; as was attested by a sheet of ice covering the causeway, where a little brooklet, now congealed, had overflowed after a rapid thaw some days since.†
p. 131.9 *
- Besides, I was out of practice in talking to him: his reserve was again frozen over, and my frankness was congealed beneath it.†
p. 456.9
Definition:
transition from a liquid to a thicker liquid or solid
or:
the coming together of an idea or something with many parts
or:
the coming together of an idea or something with many parts