hoar frost

Example Sentences

• "He [the Lord] geueth ſnowe like woll, & ſcatereth yͤ horefroſt like aſhes."
• "[W]hen vve have, as vve very frequently have, put mixtures of ſnovv and ſalt into vials, and left them in the open Air, vve generally obſerv'd, that the outſide of the Glaſs vvas cas'd vvith ice, or covered vvith hoar froſt, directly over againſt that part of the inſide of the Glaſs, vvherein the frigorifick mixture vvas."
• "And novv the mounting ſun diſpels the fog; / The rigid hoar-froſt melts before his beam; […]"
• "[…] It is moſt remarkable on the ſurface of ſnovv, vvhen covered vvith hoarfroſt, and on other bodies vvhere hoarfroſt moſt abounds. In ſuch caſes, I have often found the ſurface to be ſeven degrees colder than the air at the diſtance of tvvo feet; […]"
• "I was informed that the clear spots which are surrounded by woods, are particularly liable to hoar frosts in the spring and autumn; […] When any of our parties pitched their tents near the exits of rivers, they found the nights colder, and observed hoar frosts to occur more frequently, than those whose encampments were differently situated."
• "The mean temperature of the day and night at which injurious hoar-frosts may occur, may, relatively to the freezing-point, be very high."