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ˈfrost-ˌnipped, pple. and ppl. a.
= frost-bitten.
1773Phil. Trans. LXIII. 129 Its other branches were..frost-nipt. 1796Campaigns 1793–4 II. 122 A pair of naked frost-nipt legs. 1817Scott Harold ii. ii, Frost-nipt leaves. 1886Hall Caine Son of Hagar ii. xiv, Sheep were bleating high up on the frost-nipped side of the fell.
fig.1684Z. Cawdrey Certainty Salvat. 28 The first warm..Spring-beam to the Frost-nipt Loyalty of the Nation. 1695Congreve Love for L. iv. xv, Honesty will go as it did, frost-nipped in a summer suit. 1797M. Robinson Walsingham II. 219 Its expanding wings had been frost-nipped by disappointment. |