Definition of Frostbit

1. Verb. (simple past of frostbite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frostbit

1. frostbite [v] - See also: frostbite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frostbit

frost
frost-blite
frost-bound
frost-weed
frost fish
frost heave
frost heaving
frost itch
frost mist
frost over
frost snow
frost up
frostberg inverted-three sign
frostbird
frostbirds
frostbit (current term)
frostbite
frostbites
frostbiting
frostbitings
frostbitten
frosted
frosted bat
frosted heart
frosted liver
frosteds
frostfish
frostfishes
frostier
frostiest

Literary usage of Frostbit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"A young man, who accompanied me in a canoe in pursuit of it, had one of his hands wet; the part was slightly frostbit. New Richmond is a thriving town, ..."

2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"A young man, who accompanied me in a canoe in pursuit of it, had one of his hands wet; the part was slightly frostbit. New Richmond is a thriving town, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... with a Cossack wit, And generous spirit, when 'tis not frostbit ; Now half dissolving to a liberal thaw, But harden'd back whene'er the morning's raw; ..."

4. Nuttall's Journal of Travels Into the Arkansa Territory October 2, 1818 by Thomas Nuttall, Thomas Hulme, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"A young man, who accompanied me in a canoe in pursuit of it, had one of his hands wet; the part was slightly frostbit. New Richmond is a thriving town, ..."

5. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1918)
"I got three toes frostbit oncet durin' a cold spell, wearin' them kind of shoes. But here the other week I found myself able to buy me some red-top boots ..."

6. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1837)
"... frostbit*. and in answer to the enquiry for the c.iuse, UK? unanimously stated that during the inclement «eues of winter, they were turned out from ..."

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