frost-bound
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The sudden burst of vegetation—the rapid transition from the frost-bound durance of winter to the life and lightness of the young season, have a most exciting and exhilarating effect.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
The frost-bound earth forbids indulgence in the grand chase; but it gives rare sport by driving the snipes and woodcocks—both migratory birds among the Chilterns—to the open waters of the running rivulet.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
The sight of the familiar scenes had banished the “Dread of the Wild” from the minds of the two men, and their spirits rose as they approached the frost-bound river below their home.
From In the Brooding Wild by Cullum, Ridgwell
The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John
We were in the midst of the cruel, bitter winter; the earth was frost-bound, hard and cold, even as now.
From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various
