frostwork

Example Sentences

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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

Annie went to the window, and at first could see nothing but some beautiful frostwork on it.

From McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

For a good many years we have been tied to town in winter by fetters as fine as frostwork filigree, which we could not break without destroying a whole world of endearment.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

They tricked it out with all the frostwork of Gothic genius.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various

The frostwork had so covered the window-panes that it was hardly possible to get a glimpse at the scenery outside.

From A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel