Thesaurus: frostbite

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1. n. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.
2. v. t. To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
3. n. destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
4. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. Kane. 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.
5. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of thebody, as the ears or nose. Kane.
6. n:100 n. destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene