silver frost

noun

1. glaze ( def 17 ).

silver frost

noun

1. another name for glaze ice

Word History and Origins

Origin of silver frost¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

The walls of the Hall had all been covered in sparkling silver frost, with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe and ivy crossing the starry black ceiling.

From Literature

The Rihanna Two collection consists of a lipstick in warm mauve with silver frost for $19 and a lipglass in cool mauve with red frost for $18.

From Los Angeles Times

They had entered Babylon at the extreme west, a little to the north of the canal of the New Year, which, as they drove, could be seen in the distance, shining clear as silver frost in the moonlight, reflecting in its placid surface the shadowy black buildings near it on either side.

From Project Gutenberg

In the pleasant months at Twickenham he became worse in this respect than ever, and it was no unusual thing for the slow summer dawns to find this eminent judge, in an old tweed suit, and with a silver frost upon his cheeks and chin, pottering about the stables, or the garden, or the river’s brim.

From Project Gutenberg

His great body, shining like blue satin with a silver frost upon it, gave and lifted with every step.

From Project Gutenberg