Defn: To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or
nip with frost.
My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frostbite
themselves. Pepys.
FROST-BITTEN
Frost`-bit"ten, p. a.
Defn: Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
FROST-BLITE Frost`-blite", n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. Gray. (b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). Dr. Prior.
FROSTBOW
Frost"bow`, n.
Defn: A white arc or circle in the sky attending frosty weather and formed by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals floating in the air; the parhelic circle whose center is at the zenith.
FROSTED
Frost"ed, a.
Defn: Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost;
ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake;
frosted glass.
Frosted work is introduced as a foil or contrast to burnished work.
Knight.
FROSTFISH Frost`fish", n. (Zoöl.) (a) The tomcod; — so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod. (b) The smelt. [Local, U. S.] (c) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.
FROSTILY
Frost"i*ly, adv.