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frostwork

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frost·work  (frôstwûrk, frst-)
n.
1. The intricate patterns produced by frost, as on a windowpane.
2. Artificially made ornamental patterns similar to those produced by frost, applied to the surface of metal or glass.
frostwork [ˈfrɒstˌwɜːk]
n
1. the patterns made by frost on glass, metal, etc.
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) similar artificial ornamentation


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This shortly brought them to a be- witching spring, whose basin was incrusted with a frostwork of glittering crystals; it was in the midst of a cavern whose walls were supported by many fan- tastic pillars which had been formed by the joining of great stalactites and stalagmites together, the result of the ceaseless water-drip of centuries.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
He is one of those, perchance the most hopeless of all sinners, who practise such an exemplary system of outward duties, that even a deadly crime may be hidden from their own sight and remembrance, under this unreal frostwork.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
When they are real, they are not glass threads or frostwork, but the solidest thing we know.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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