What does duck-frost mean?

duck-frost

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

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"Is it a frost ti-neet? Hey! a duck-frost! Ah fell full smack o' mi feeace."
"... duck-frost. In the meadows and along the fringes of the woods the white rime lay thick and powdery on grass and dead leaves; every foot that touched it left a black mark, as if seared with a hot iron, when the sun came up[…]"
"... duck-frost has given way to a blue sky and a hot sun. The gardener claimed five degrees in the early dawn, and the nasturtiums confirmed it."

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