frost-bound
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Nevertheless, the foregoing made up the background of his reflections as he listened to more "Alceste," resumed after a short note had been written for Onesimus to carry back over the frost-bound roads to Chorlton.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
Here lilies that no hand hath sown Bloom white as foam upon the sea, And elfin bells to earth unknown, Hold frost-bound melody.
From The Ballad of the Quest by Virna Sheard
Snow lay on the upper hills, grizzling the brown sheets of bracken, and dappling the green velvet of the sloping ling; the valley below was frost-bound.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
A frost-bound coast, an icy sea, rain, hail, snow and tempest, were the greetings of the telegraph adventurers in their first movement toward Europe.
From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
There was a quick movement all through the court like a ripple upon still water, and then, absolute silence--the silence of a night frost-bound and empty.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
