unfrostv.
transitive. To thaw.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disghiacciáre, to vnfrost, to thaw.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxii. 275 We celebrated it by an extra dinner, a plum-cake unfrosted for the occasion.
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