frost smoke

Meteor .: A smoke-like appearance occurring at times over the sea in the Arctic regions. It is congealed fog. frost-weed, frost-wort, s. Bot.: Helianthemum can a dense , a rock rose about a foot high, with yellow flowers, growing in this country and in Canada. Late in the autumn ice crystals rise from the cracked bark of the root, whence it is named. It is sometimes used as an aromatic tonic. frost, v. t. & i. [FROST, 8.] A. Transitive: I. Literally : IMG:content-0185.png:[blocks in formation] froward. *fröre, a. & adv . [FRORNE.] A. As adj .: Frosty, frozen. B. As adv.: Frostily, sharply, keenly. *frörne, a . [A. S. froren , pa. par. of freosan=to freeze; cogn. with Dut. gevroren , pa. par. of vriesen =to freeze; Ger. gefroren , pa. par. of frieren = to freeze (q. v.).] Frozen, congealed with cold. *frör-, *fröar-y, a . [English fror (e); y.) Frozen, frosted, rigid, or stiff with cold. *frosh, *frosche, *froske, *fro e, s . [A. S. frox ; 0. H. Ger. frosc, frosch ; Icel. froskr ; Dut. vorsch.] [FROG (1), 8.] A frog. frost, *forst, *forste, s . [A. S. forst , from fréosan =to freeze; cogn. with Dut. vorst ; Ger. frost ; Icel., Dan. & Sw. frost .] [FREEZE, v.] I. Literally : 1. The act or state of freezing or oecoming frozen; the congelation of fluids by the lo or abstraction of heat. 2. That state of the atmosphere which causes fluids to freeze; severe cold, or frosty weather. "The third day comes a frost , a killing frost." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., iii. 2. 2. A term applied to the dead or lusterle appearance of gold, silver, or gla , when polishing the surface is omitted. It is supposed to resemble the hoar-frost, and hence the name. Frosted work is introduced as a foil or contrast to burnish work, in which the metal receives the full luster from the use of an agate or flint burnisher. Electroplated work is in the frosted condition as it comes from the bath, and may be burnished in whole or in part. The frosted appearance on gla is given by grinding, or by the Sand-blast (q. v.), making ground-gla , which diffuses the rays, and does not transmit a direct ray or clear image. II. Bot .: Having the appearance of hoar-frost; as the leaves of Rosa pruinosa . It is nearly the same as "dewy," except that the glittering particles are opaque. frosted-gla , s. Gla -man.: A form of gla made by the Venetians. It has irregularly varied marble-like projecting dislocations in the intervening fi ures. Suddenly plunging hot gla into cold water produces crystalline convex fractures, with a polished exterior; but the concave intervening figures are caused, first by chilling, and then reheating at the furnace, and simultaneously expanding the ro heated ball of gla by blowing, thus separating the crystals from each other, and leaving open figures between, which is done preparatory to forming 3. Frozen dew. [HOAR-FROST.] *II. Fig .: Coldne , chilline , or severity of man vases or ornaments. Although it appears covered aer or feeling. (1) Black - frost : [BLACK-FROST.] (2) Hoar - frost : [HOAR-FROST.]