hoarfrost

  • 31Frost valve — Frost Frost (fr[o^]st; 115), n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. fre[ o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.] 1. The act of freezing; applied chiefly to the congelation of… …

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  • 32Jack Frost — Frost Frost (fr[o^]st; 115), n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. fre[ o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.] 1. The act of freezing; applied chiefly to the congelation of… …

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  • 33white frost — Frost Frost (fr[o^]st; 115), n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. fre[ o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.] 1. The act of freezing; applied chiefly to the congelation of… …

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  • 34frost — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rime, hoarfrost, cranreuch; coldness, cold. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Temperature that causes freezing] Syn. freeze, drop, killing frost; see cold 1 . 2. [Frozen dew or vapor] Syn. blight, hoarfrost,… …

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  • 35k̂el-1 —     k̂el 1     English meaning: cold; warm     Deutsche Übersetzung: 1. “frieren, kalt”, 2. “warm” (Bedeutungsvermittlungs probably “brennend”)     Material: 1. O.Ind. sisira “kũhl, cold”, m. “kũhle time, coldness”, Av. sarǝta “cold”, Pers.… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 36Frosted — Frost ed, a. 1. Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted donuts. [1913 Webster] 2. Provided with a surface finish which is matte or with a very fine grain,… …

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  • 37pruinose — adjective Etymology: Latin pruinosus covered with hoarfrost, from pruina hoarfrost more at freeze Date: circa 1826 covered with whitish dust or bloom < pruinose stems > …

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  • 38Frost — is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. It is formed when solid surfaces are cooled to below the dew point of the adjacent air. [cite web |url=http://www.weatherquestions.com/What causes frost.htm |title=What causes frost?&#8230; …

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  • 39Water — This article is about general aspects of water. For a detailed discussion of its properties, see Properties of water. For other uses, see Water (disambiguation) …

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  • 40cranreuch — /krahn reuhkh/, n. Scot. hoarfrost. [1675 85; appar. < ScotGael phrase crann reodhach frosty tree, equiv. to crann tree + reodh frost, hoarfrost + ach adj. suffix] * * * …

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