Lexic.us

Definition of Frostwork

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

Definition of Frostwork

1. [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Frostwork

frostiest frostily frostiness frostinesses frosting frostings frostless frostline frostlines frostnip

frostnip frostnips frosts frostweed frostweed frostwork (current term) frostworks frostwort frostwort frosty

frost fish frost heave frost heaving frost itch frost mist frost over frost snow Frost suture froth froth

Literary usage of Frostwork

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1. Winter: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1887)
"As far as I observed, the frostwork was deepest in the low grounds, especially on the Salix alba there. I learn from the papers that this phenomenon ..."

2. The Science of Common Things by David Ames Wells (1872)
"frostwork on windows. The thick fog which invested the earth during the ... 1334 What is the cause of the pretty frostwork seen on bedroom windows in ..."

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