Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Freezing \Freez"ing\, a.
   Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in
   manner. -- {Frrez"ing*ly}, adv.

   {Freezing machine}. See {Ice machine}, under {Ice}.

   {Freezing mixture}, a mixture (of salt and snow or of
      chemical salts) for producing intense cold.

   {Freezing point}, that degree of a thermometer at which a
      fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water,
      whose freezing point is at 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg]
      Centigrade.