black frost
intense cold without hoarfrost, causing vegetation to turn black.: Compare frost (def. 2).
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How to use black frost in a sentence
The day had been intensely cold, with a biting north-east wind and black frost.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieIn a hearty black-frost they look small, until the snow falls over them.
Lorna Doone | R. D. BlackmoreThe black frost has settled upon bloom and foliage on the upper terrace.
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein | Frank R. StocktonA desolate afternoon, with a low leaden sky threatening snow, and earth like iron with hard black frost.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters | May Agnes FlemingNo wheels can get along them, except in the very height of summer, or a dry black-frost.
Cripps, the Carrier | R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
British Dictionary definitions for black frost
a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
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