hoar

• A magic luster, effective as hoar-frost, enveloped the ancient church, and the lines of the eaves and the turns of the corners were silver-bright. —  The Lure of the Mask
• The icy breath of death hath whitened thee, as the hoar-frost whitens the autumnal rose. —  Jacob Faithful
• This vapor rising around the stem of the plant, and attracted by it, becomes congealed into what we term hoar-frost, in numerous forms; some like shellwork, others like tulips, with radiated petals, variously contorted, and often as symmetrical as snowflake crystals Illustration: Root-bud and frost-flower of the Cunila Mariana (Maryland Dittany). —  Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
• All through his career, a breath of criticism ever so slight acted temporarily like a hoar-frost upon his productive power. —  Washington Irving
• Joy! I soar 1 O Pan, wild Pan They dance Come from Cyllenθ hoar-- Come from the snow drift, the rock-ridge, the glen Leaving the mountain bare Fleet through the salt sea-air, Mover of dances to Gods and to men. —  The Seven Plays in English Verse

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