frostwork
Example Sentences
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All is contained in that one sob, in which the whole frostwork of these weary months breaks up and rolls away, swept before the strong flood.
From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Alexander Maclaren
It was cold, and he could only stay in the dim little house, playing with small sticks and stones, or tracing the frostwork on the one little window.
From Child Stories from the Masters Being a Few Modest Interpretations of Some Phases of the Master Works Done in a Child Way by Maud Menefee
The same is true of the silver frostwork traced on the window-pane by the delicate touch of invisible fingers.
From Nature and Culture by Harvey Rice
I placed my warm hand against a pane which was covered by the crystallization, and melted the frostwork which clung to it.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall
Pendant from tree and shrub hung glittering icicles, and on the window panes the frostwork looked like the invisible effort of some fairy spirits, that a breath from mortals would dissolve.
From Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland by Retta Babcock
