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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frost \Frost\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frosted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Frosting}.]
     1. To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
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     2. To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling


        frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass; as, glass may
        be frosted by exposure to hydrofluoric acid.
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              While with a hoary light she frosts the ground.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     3. To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of
        horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frosted \Frost"ed\, a.
     1. Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost;
        ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a
        frosted cake; frosted donuts.
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     2. Provided with a surface finish which is matte or with a
        very fine grain, reminiscent of the surface texture of
        frost; as, frosted glass. Opposed to {polished} or
        {burnished}.
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              Frosted work is introduced as a foil or contrast to
              burnished work.                       --Knight.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frosted
       adj : (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost;
             "frosted glass"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "frosted":
     affectless, alcoholic drink, anesthetized, arctic, argent,
     argentine, autistic, beverage, blunt, canescent, catatonic, chalky,
     chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted,
     cool, cretaceous, dispassionate, drink, drinkable, drugged, dull,
     emotionally dead, emotionless, fleecy-white, frigid, frost-beaded,
     frost-chequered, frost-covered, frost-fettered, frost-rent,
     frostbound, frosted shake, frostlike, frosty, frosty-faced, frozen,
     grizzled, grizzly, heartless, hoar, hoar-frosted, hoary, icy,
     immovable, impassible, impassive, inexcitable, insusceptible,
     lactescent, lily-white, liquid, liquor, malt, marble, marmoreal,
     milky, niveous, nonemotional, objective, obtuse, out of touch,
     passionless, platinum, pop, potable, potation, pure white,
     rime-frosted, rimed, self-absorbed, semidiaphanous, semiopaque,
     semipellucid, semitransparent, shake, silver, silvered, silvery,
     snow-white, snowy, soda, soda pop, soda water, soft drink,
     soulless, spiritless, swan-white, tonic, unaffectionate,
     unemotional, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unloving,
     unpassionate, unresponding, unresponsive, unsusceptible,
     unsympathetic, untouchable, white, white as snow
  
  

















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