Definition of Frst
Frost (fr&obreve;st; 115), n. [OE.
frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr.
freósan to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG.,
Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. √18. See Freeze,
v. i.] 1. The act of freezing;
-- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of
fluids.
2. The state or temperature of the air which
occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
freezing weather.
The third bay comes a frost, a killing
frost. Shak.
3. Frozen dew; -- called also
hoarfrost or white frost.
He scattereth the hoarfrost like
ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.
4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or
rigidity of character. [R.]
It was of those moments of intense feeling when the
frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow
wreath. Sir W. Scott.
Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze
vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of
hoarfrost. -- Frost bearer (Physics),
a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in
a vacuum; a cryophorus. -- Frost grape
(Bot.), an American grape, with very small, acid
berries. -- Frost lamp, a lamp placed
below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold
nights; -- used especially in lighthouses. Knight. --
Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven
into a horse's shoe to keep him from slipping. -- Frost
smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
cold.
The brig and the ice round her are covered by a
strange black
obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic
winters. Kane.
-- Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion
of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
freeze. -- Jack Frost, a popular
personification of frost.
Frost (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Frosted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frosting.] 1. To injure by frost; to
freeze, as plants.
2. To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a
surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or
glass.
While with a hoary light she frosts the
ground. Wordsworth.
3. To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads
or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty
weather.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the white coating on the ground and other objects caused by dew freezing in cold weather
- the cold weather that would cause frost as in (1) to form
- to coat something (eg a cake) with white icing to resemble frost
- to anger or annoy
I think the boss's decision frosted him, a bit.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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