frostwork

[English frost, and work.] The beautiful patterns or figures formed by the deposition of hoar-frost on windows, plants, . frost'-, *froost-y, *frost-ie, a. [ Eng.frost; -y.] I. Literally: 1. Having the power or quality of freezing; exce ively cold; attended with frost; as, frosty weather, a frosty night. "Or finally for the great store of waters engendered in that frostie and cold climate, that the bankes are not able to holde them."- Hackluyt : Voyages , iii. 27. 2. Affected or injured by frost; under the influence of frost; frozen; as, The ground is frosty . *II. Figuratively : 1. Cold; cool or frigid in disposition or temper; without heat or ardor. "Youth is fiery, age is frosty." Long fellow: Song of Hiawatha, iv. 2. Hoary; white; as though covered with hoarfrost. "Where is loyalty? If it be banished from the frosty head, Where shall it find a harbor in the earth?" Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . II., v. 1. *frōte, *froote, *frot-en, v. t. [O. Fr. froter ; Fr. frotter ; Sp. frotar ; Ital. frettare =to rub.] 1. To rub. "Who rubbith now, who froteth now his lippes?" Chaucer: C. T. , 3,745. 2. To stroke. "Her hedes thay fawne and frote ." -Gawaine , 1,919. *frōt-er-er, s. [English frote ; -erer .] One who rubs another.