单词 | frostbit |
释义 | frostbitadj. = frostbitten adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > frost-bite frostbitten1530 frostbit1604 frosted1623 1604 J. Hanson Time is Turne-coate sig. A2 That sacred Fire..kindleth ardent rage in his cold sprite, And driues his muddie-frost-bit-Braine t'aspire. 1764 D. Monro Acct. Dis. Brit. Mil. Hosp. 321 If, notwithstanding all Precautions, Men upon Out-posts should be benumbed with Cold, or Frost bit,..their Extremities ought to be rubbed with Snow. 1798 W. Dunlap Andre 83 For 'twas his right to seize the spoil, and To share with each commander, As he had done at Staten-Island, With frost-bit Alexander. 1823 Ld. Byron Age of Bronze x. 22 A Calmuck beauty with a Cossack wit, And generous spirit, when 'tis not frost-bit. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) i, in Writings I. 7 There's some poor devil outside that's frost-bit and going to die. 1917 E. P. Butler Dominie Dean ii. 24 The dominie was expected to come like a plumber,..ready to set to work on a leaky conscience or a frost-bit soul. 1962 M. Peake Rhyme of Flying Bomb 8 And he lifted the wrinkled doll in his hand Like a watch to his frost-bit ear. 2011 S. VanZanten Mending Tattered Faith 53 But frostbit plants, like frostbit fingers, will gradually wither, turn black, and die. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1604 |
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