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A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.

A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

Congenial. [Obs.]

A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus. Accidental ossifications or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous concretions. Dunglison.

The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. Bacon.

Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." South. A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison.…

Coagulated. [Obs.] His cruel wounds with crudy blood congealed. Spenser.

y crystal streams that murmur through the meads. Dryden. The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail. H. Brooks.

To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle. Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother Shak.

To thicken; to congeal. Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. Southey.

A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness. God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or…

A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

al eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.

Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.

An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn.