Part 4608

<hw>Frost"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a frosty manner.</def>

<h1>Frostiness</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frost"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State or quality of being frosty.</def>

<h1>Frosting</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frost"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.</def>

<h1>Frostless</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frost"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from frost; <as>as, a <ex>frostless</ex> winter</as>.</def>

<h1>Frostweed</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frost"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An American species of rockrose (<spn>Helianthemum Canadense</spn>), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic.</def>

<note>&hand; It has large yellow flowers which are often sterile, and later it has abundant but inconspicuous flowers which bear seed. It is so called because, late in autumn, crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark at the root; -- called also frostwort.</note>

<h1>Frostwork</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frost`work"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone.</def>

<h1>Frostwort</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frost`wort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Frostweed</er>.</def>

<h1>Frosty</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frost"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>fyrstig</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; <as>as, a <ex>frosty</ex> night</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Covered with frost; <as>as, the grass is <ex>frosty</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired; <as>as, a <ex>frosty</ex> head</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Frote</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>frotter</ets>.]</ety> <def>To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Froterer</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fro"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>