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Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.

The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [Obs.] Boyle.

Not congealable.

Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart. Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was his fault. Goldsmith.

Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me kindly with my kind. Tennyson.

Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions. True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.

The rough surface of a congealed lava stream. [Southwestern U. S.]

A person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity or degeneracy.

lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. -- Milk leg (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum…

very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.

s goose (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar of the Pacific. See Fulmar. -- Mother's mark (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a nævus.

One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.

he state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.

A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. Quain.

nd tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues. Passive congestion (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. -- Passive iron (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It is then no…

To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. [R.] H. Spencer.

White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. De Quincey.

The conger eel.

To congeal; to concrete; to solidify. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set. Boyle.