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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Frost \Frost\, n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr.
     fre['o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel.,
     Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See Freeze, v. i.]
     1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
        of water; congelation of fluids.
  
     2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions
        congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
        freezing weather.
  
              The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
  
              He scattereth the frost like ashes.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                    16.
  
     4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
        character. [R.]
  
              It was of those moments of intense feeling when the
              frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow
              wreath.                               --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
        cause it to turn black, without the formation of
        hoarfrost.
  
     Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument
        illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
        cryophous.
  
     Frost grape (Bot.), an American grape, with very small,
        acid berries.
  
     Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand
        lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
        especially in lighthouses. --Knight.
  
     Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
        shoe to keen him from slipping.
  
     Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
        congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
        cold.
  
              The brig and the ice round her are covered by a
              strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of
              arctic winters.                       --Kane.
  
     Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
        hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
        freeze.
  
     Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Frost \Frost\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frostted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Frosting.]
     1. To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
  
     2. To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling
        frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass.
  
              While with a hoary light she frosts the ground.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
  
     3. To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of
        horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


  frost
       n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects
            outside) [syn: hoar, hoarfrost, rime]
       2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze]
       3: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: icing]
       4: United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country
          life in New England (1874-1963) [syn: Robert Frost, Robert
          Lee Frost]
       v 1: decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: ice]
       2: provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance;
          "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
       3: cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"
       4: damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers
          and athey turned brown"

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :


  Frost, MN (city, FIPS 22940)
    Location: 43.58372 N, 93.92537 W
    Population (1990): 236 (115 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56033
  Frost, TX (town, FIPS 27768)
    Location: 32.07815 N, 96.80796 W
    Population (1990): 579 (259 housing units)
    Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 76641

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :


  Frost
     (Heb. kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., "ice"); Gen.
     31:40; Jer. 36:30; rendered "ice" in Job 6:16, 38:29; and
     "crystal" in Ezek. 1:22. "At the present day frost is entirely
     unknown in the lower portions of the valley of the Jordan, but
     slight frosts are sometimes felt on the sea-coast and near
     Lebanon." Throughout Western Asia cold frosty nights are
     frequently succeeded by warm days.
     
       "Hoar frost" (Heb. kephor, so called from its covering the
     ground) is mentioned in Ex. 16:14; Job 38:29; Ps. 147:16.
     
       In Ps. 78:47 the word rendered "frost" (R.V. marg., "great
     hail-stones"), _hanamal_, occurs only there. It is rendered by
     Gesenius, the Hebrew lexicographer, "ant," and so also by
     others, but the usual interpretation derived from the ancient
     versions may be maintained.

From Danish-English Freedict dictionary :


  frost
       freezingcold, frost
       frost

From German-French Freedict dictionary :


  Frost
       gel, gelée
       gelée

From German-Nederland Freedict dictionary :


  Frost
       vorst
       vorst

From German-Portugese Freedict dictionary :


  Frost
       geada, frio
       geada

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Frost
  
  فروست

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  frost
  
  mraz, zamrznuti se