Thesaurus / hoar
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In this high realm floating water is probably in the frozen state, answering to the form of dew, which we call hoar frost.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERMists or hoar frosts on the tenth of March betokens (sic) a plentiful year, but not without some diseases.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 194, JULY 16, 1853VARIOUSIt was a most perfect autumn morning, without a cloud in the sky and with the ground underfoot white with hoar-frost.
MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE, 1921CHARLES KENNETH HOWARD-BURYThe cold hoar frost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church.
THE PICKWICK PAPERSCHARLES DICKENSIf the hoar frost of the morning melt on the wool, be sure there is an unnatural heat somewhere.
ROBERT ANNYS: POOR PRIESTANNIE NATHAN MEYERAdding to their spectral appearance were the long, withered grass-tufts and karoo bushes, white as if coated with hoar frost.
THE VEE-BOERSMAYNE REIDSo did some old fences smothered in green creepers, the long sprays and trails of which were as neatly covered as with hoar-frost.
THIRTY YEARS IN AUSTRALIAADA CAMBRIDGEThere was the gossip of the town in which he lived as biting as the hoar frost, revamped and magnified to his hurt.
THE BROKEN SWORDDENNISON WORTHINGTONHoar frosts are frequent, and become more severe the further you advance into the interior.
STATISTICAL, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND ITS DEPENDENT SETTLEMENTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LANDWILLIAM CHARLES WENTWORTHHer boots being thinner than those of the young men, the hoar had damped her feet and made them cold.
RETURN OF THE NATIVETHOMAS HARDYWORDS RELATED TO HOAR
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