† frostlingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frost n., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < frost n. + -ling suffix¹. N.E.D. (1898) gives quot. 1823 as the basis of a sense in Building, but this quot. is apparently a mistranscription of quot. 1778, in which frosting is used (compare frosting n. 4): 1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1752/1 It is this crystallization which is observed by the workmen when a heap of lime is mixed with water, and left for some time to macerate. A hard crust is formed upon the surface, which is ignorantly called frosting, though it takes place in summer as well as in winter.1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder vii. 337 It is this crystallization which is observed by the workmen when a heap of lime is mixed with water, and left for some time to macerate. A hard crust is formed upon the surface, which is ignorantly called frostling, though it takes place in summer as well as in winter.

Obsolete. rare.

Something that is frozen or covered with frost.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > slaked lime > crust on

frostlinga1652

a1652 J. Cotton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. John (1656) (v. 12) 400 Naturally our hearts are very cold, and hard, and frozen like ice towards our enemies, but a Christian comes and thawes these frostlings.

1851 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Jan. 48/1 Summer, with its burning sunbeam,..Winter, with its hoary frostlings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	frostling
释义	† frostlingn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frost n., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < frost n. + -ling suffix¹. N.E.D. (1898) gives quot. 1823 as the basis of a sense in Building, but this quot. is apparently a mistranscription of quot. 1778, in which frosting is used (compare frosting n. 4): 1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1752/1 It is this crystallization which is observed by the workmen when a heap of lime is mixed with water, and left for some time to macerate. A hard crust is formed upon the surface, which is ignorantly called frosting, though it takes place in summer as well as in winter.1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder vii. 337 It is this crystallization which is observed by the workmen when a heap of lime is mixed with water, and left for some time to macerate. A hard crust is formed upon the surface, which is ignorantly called frostling, though it takes place in summer as well as in winter. Obsolete. rare. Something that is frozen or covered with frost. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > slaked lime > crust on frostlinga1652 a1652 J. Cotton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. John (1656) (v. 12) 400 Naturally our hearts are very cold, and hard, and frozen like ice towards our enemies, but a Christian comes and thawes these frostlings. 1851 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Jan. 48/1 Summer, with its burning sunbeam,..Winter, with its hoary frostlings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1652
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