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  • noun The first stage of frostbite.

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Examples

  • "It's called frostnip," he said, covering her hand again with his own warm one.

    Hunting Fear Hooper, Kay 2004

  • What it is: In mild cases, sometimes called frostnip, only the outer layer of skin freezes.

    hattiesburgamerican.com - 2010

  • "I feel like a child, warned not to touch the oven, left with a little sting to remind us why: The mountain let me off easy, with some minor" frostnip "on my nose and cheek, in addition to an increasing numbness already resident on all my fingertips and toes.

    unknown title 2009

  • "I feel like a child, warned not to touch the oven, left with a little sting to remind us why: The mountain let me off easy, with some minor" frostnip "on my nose and cheek, in addition to an increasing numbness already resident on all my fingertips and toes.

    unknown title 2009

  • • Frostbite occurs in three stages: frostnip, superficial frostbite, and severe frostbite.

    Baby and Child Emergency First Aid Mitchell J. Einzig 2010

  • • Frostbite occurs in three stages: frostnip, superficial frostbite, and severe frostbite.

    Baby and Child Emergency First Aid Mitchell J. Einzig 2010

  • And people talk a lot about frostnip, for example, but frostbite is something different.

    CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2007 2007

  • I think if it were frostnip, my ear would have fully recovered by now.

    Check out my ear! « knitnut.net 2006

  • If she wasn't in a cold place, then what caused the frostnip?

    Hunting Fear Hooper, Kay 2004

  • She stared at the ring lying on the table, then looked at her palm, where a circular white line now lay across the fading red line that was all that was left of the earlier frostnip.

    Hunting Fear Hooper, Kay 2004

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