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34 words match “FROZE”

imp. of Freeze.

FROZEN a. 3 definitions

Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook. They warmed their frozen feet. Dryden.

A state of being frozen.

A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.

clined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entirenes…

To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms. Milton.

pe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke.

To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.

FRAPPE a. 2 definitions

Iced; frozen; artificially cooled; as, wine frappé. -- n.

Capable of being frozen.

Frozen. [Obs.] Well nigh frorn I feel. Spenser.

Frozen; stiff with cold. [Obs.] Spenser.

Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost. He scattereth the frost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.

Cold; very cold; frozen. "Gelid founts." Thompson.

The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.

Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell.

An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.] Bottom glade. See under Bottom. -- Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby. [U.S.]