frostbite

Frost"bite, n. Defn: The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. Kane. Frost`bite", v. t. Defn: 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.

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