frostwork
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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
Allow me to present my humble views of an analogous discovery of frostwork on December 6, 1856, in a sandy loam in Chester county, Pa., near the Paoli monument.
She rustled in all her bravery of curls and frills, pinkings and quillings,—a marvellous specimen of Parisian frostwork, without one breath of reason or philosophy or conscience to melt it.
From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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 Nathaniel Hawthorne
The little frostwork which Titmouse had thrown around his heart, began to melt like snow under sunbeams.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
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