What does hoar-frost mean?
Hoar-frost means Alternative form of hoar frost..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of hoar frost..
And novv the mounting ſun diſpels the fog; / The rigid hoar-froſt melts before his beam; […]
On Sunday night, January 23, ſeveral things vvere laid out at the Obſervatory, ſuch as ſheets of brovvn paper, pieces of boards, plates of metal, glaſſes of ſeveral kinds, &c. vvhich all began to contract hoar-froſt ſeemingly as ſoon as each body had time to cool dovvn to the temperature of the air. The ſheets of brovvn paper being ſo thin acquired it ſooneſt, and vvhen beheld in candle-light they became beautifully ſpangled over by innumerable reflections from the ſmall cryſtals of hoar-froſt vvhich had parted from the air.
The mean temperature of the day and night at which injurious hoar-frosts may occur, may, relatively to the freezing-point, be very high.
The fields and hedgerows around Austhorpe were white with wintry rime, and all the trees were fairy-trees wreathed with hoar-frost.
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Hoar-frost means Alternative form of hoar frost..
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And novv the mounting ſun diſpels the fog; / The rigid hoar-froſt melts before his beam; […]
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