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To make solid or compact. Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. H. Spencer.

A heavy green oil (partially solidifying on cooling), which distills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270º. It is the principal source of anthracene.

To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.

The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and sructure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.

A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0° C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40° C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule…

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

To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals. Bacon.

Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.

The female of some of the species is wingless. -- Winter oil, oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather. -- Winter pear, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. -- Winter quarters, the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station. --…