frostwork
Americannoun
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the patterns made by frost on glass, metal, etc
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similar artificial ornamentation
Etymology
Origin of frostwork
Example Sentences
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Finally it shone almost horizontally through the tree-trunks, growing larger and larger until its field was crackled across with a frostwork of twigs and leaves.
From The Silent Places by White, Stewart Edward
They jewelled the grille of frostwork and flung a sprinkle of gold on the falling water.
From Darrel of the Blessed Isles by Bacheller, Irving
As the cold increases the line of frostwork creeps down the sides, producing fantastic changes in the aspect of the hill.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 by Various
As frostwork disappears in the sunshine, so his brave resolutions vanished when her arm reached across his shoulder, and the ribbon that tied her beads fluttered against his cheek.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
They tricked it out with all the frostwork of Gothic genius.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
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