Frost"bite (?), n.

The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.

Kane.

 

© Webster 1913.


Frost`bite", v. t.

To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.

My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frostbite themselves. Pepys.

 

© Webster 1913.