Found 2 hits - Term: frost grape, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
frost \frost\ fro^st; 115, n. oe. frost, forst, as. forst,
frost. fr. fre'osan to freeze; akin to d. varst, g., ohg.,
icel., dan., sw. frost. root18. see freeze, v. i.
1. the act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
of water; congelation of fluids.
1913 webster
2. the state or temperature of the air which occasions
congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
freezing weather.
1913 webster
the third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
--shak.
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3. frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
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he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --ps.
cxlvii. 16.
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4. coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
character. r.
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it was of those moments of intense feeling when the
frost of the scottish people melts like a snow
wreath. --sir w.
scott.
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black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
cause it to turn black, without the formation of
hoarfrost.
frost bearer physics, a philosophical instrument
illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
cryophorus.
frost grape bot., an american grape, with very small,
acid berries.
frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an argand
lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
especially in lighthouses. --knight.
frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
shoe to keep him from slipping.
frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
cold.
1913 webster
the brig and the ice round her are covered by a
strange black
obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
--kane.
frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
freeze.
jack frost, a popular personification of frost.
1913 webster
see also:
freeze hoarfrost white frost black frost frost bearer frost grape
frost lamp frost nail frost smoke frost valve jack frost
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
grapevine \grape"vine`\, n. bot.
a vine or climbing shrub, of the genus vitis, having small
green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called
grapes.
1913 webster
note: the common grapevine of the old world is vitis
vinifera, and is a native of central asia. another
variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly
called zante currants. the northern fox grape of
the united states is the v. labrusca, from which, by
cultivation, has come the isabella variety. the
southern fox grape, or muscadine, is the v.
vulpina. the frost grape is v. cordifolia, which
has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early
frosts.
1913 webster
see also:
vitis grapes vitis vinifera zante currants fox grape v. labrusca
muscadine v. vulpina frost grape v. cordifolia
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Oregon Grape, definition of term: Oregon Grape
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