frost : Idioms & Phrases

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Black frost

  • cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost.
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Frost bearer

  • (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophous.
Webster 1913

frost fish

  • noun long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
    hairtail; cutlassfish.
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Frost grape

  • (Bot.), an American grape, with very small, acid berries.
Webster 1913

frost heave

  • noun upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil
    frost heave.
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frost heaving

  • noun upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil
    frost heave.
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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.
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frost mist

  • noun small crystals of ice
    diamond dust; ice needle; frost mist; ice crystal; poudrin; snow mist.
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Frost nail

  • a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keen him from slipping.
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frost over

  • verb become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window
    ice up; ice over.
    • When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane
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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.
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frost snow

  • noun small crystals of ice
    diamond dust; ice needle; frost mist; ice crystal; poudrin; snow mist.
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Frost valve

  • a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze.
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frost's bolete

  • noun a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk
    Boletus frostii.
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frost-bitten

Frost`-bit"ten participial adjective
Definitions
  1. Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
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frost-blite

Frost`-blite" noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. Gray. (b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). Dr. Prior.
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frost-bound

  • adjective satellite (of the ground) made hard by frost
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frost-weed

  • noun perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
    frostwort; frostweed; Helianthemum canadense; Crocanthemum canadense.
  • noun tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
    Verbesina virginica; frostweed; Virginia crownbeard.
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frosted bat

  • noun common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat
    Vespertilio murinus.
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george frost kennan

  • noun United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
    Kennan; George F. Kennan.
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Jack Frost

  • noun a personification of frost or winter weather
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  • a popular personification of frost.
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robert frost

  • noun United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
    Frost; Robert Frost.
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robert lee frost

  • noun United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
    Frost; Robert Frost.
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White frost

  • . See Hoarfrost.
Webster 1913