Frost :: Frost (v. i.) The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

Frost :: Frost (v. i.) The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather..

Frost :: Frost (v. i.) Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.

Frost :: Frost (v. i.) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Frost-bitten :: Frost-bitten (p. a.) Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing..

Frost-blite :: Frost-blite (n.) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache.

Frost-blite :: Frost-blite (n.) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album).

Frostbird :: Frostbird (n.) The golden plover.

Frostbite :: Frostbite (n.) The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose..

Frostbite :: Frostbite (v. t.) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost..

Frosted :: Frosted (a.) Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass..

Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod.

Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) The smelt.

Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.

Frostily :: Frostily (adv.) In a frosty manner.

Frostiness :: Frostiness (n.) State or quality of being frosty.

Frosting :: Frosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fros.

Frosting :: Frosting (n.) A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc..

Frosting :: Frosting (n.) A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.

Frostless :: Frostless (a.) Free from frost; as, a frostless winter..

Frostted :: Frostted (imp. & p. p.) of Fros.

Frostweed :: Frostweed (n.) An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic..

Frostwork :: Frostwork (n.) The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone..

Frostwort :: Frostwort (n.) Same as Frostweed.

Frosty :: Frosty (a.) Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night..

Frosty :: Frosty (a.) Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty..

Frosty :: Frosty (a.) Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage.

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