thaw
verb (used without object)
to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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It will be thawing hard to-morrow, and there's much to be done.
From The Girl from Keller's by Harold Bindloss