Definition of frost

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

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Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish..
Frost :: Frost (v. i.) Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
Disintegration :: Disintegration (n.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc..
Frory :: Frory (a.) Covered with a froth like hoarfrost.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..
Frozen :: Frozen (a.) Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
Frame :: Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
Moire :: Moire (n.) A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces..
Frostless :: Frostless (a.) Free from frost; as, a frostless winter..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring..
Frostbite :: Frostbite (v. t.) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy..
Pruinose :: Pruinose (a.) Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost..
Frostweed :: Frostweed (n.) An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic..
Frostted :: Frostted (imp. & p. p.) of Fros.
Carry :: Carry (v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare..
Frost-blite :: Frost-blite (n.) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album).
Rockrose :: Rockrose (n.) A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense..
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