Congelations

As the use-values, coat and linen, are combinations of special productive activities with cloth and yarn, while the values, coat and linen, are, on the other hand, mere homogeneous congelations of undifferentiated labour, so the labour embodied in these latter values does not count by virtue of its productive relation to cloth and yarn, but only as being expenditure of human labour-power. ❋ Skzbrust (2010)

If we say that, as values, commodities are mere congelations of human labour, we reduce them by our analysis, it is true, to the abstraction, value; but we ascribe to this value no form apart from their bodily form. ❋ Skzbrust (2010)

Nixon was the artist who had discovered the laws of vibration in all the frozen congelations of the mediocre. ❋ Mailer, Norman (1972)

Among them were to be noticed many minute patterns of the most delicate star-crystals, and the surface of the floor was nearly covered with congelations of the purest white, resembling in shape, size, and beauty the leaf of the moss-rose. ❋ Charles W. Hall (N/A)

At the end of that time he unshipped his sculls, took in his rowlocks, fitted his sculling-oar into its muffled aperture, and getting himself comfortably settled, grasped his oar with his left hand, and with his eyes just peering over the gunwale, let the light boat drift with the returning tide, and its fantastic burden of water-worn congelations. ❋ Charles W. Hall (N/A)

Over this, as upon the roof and back of the cave, had gathered groups of those beautiful congelations to be found only on newly-formed ice, and in seasons of intense cold. ❋ Charles W. Hall (N/A)

It came up covered with congelations, -- evidence enough that even if the poor porter reached the bottom with unbroken bones, a swift death from cold was sure, anyway. ❋ Unknown (1879)

It came up covered with congelations -- evidence enough that even if the poor porter reached the bottom with unbroken bones, ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

A very slight chip, or shave, above the former, is all that is needed to be removed; the object being merely to expose a new surface of the cellular tissue -- the flow from the former being clogged by congelations of the sap. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Nor could she see much of a future for herself in felting, watercolour or any of the usual congelations of spry creativity filed under age-appropriate midlife hobbies. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Woah who's that [beautiful nice] caring funny kind [amazing girl] over there?" "[Oh that's] a Congel." ❋ Ilovepuppiestheyaremyfavorite (2014)