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Frost
·vt To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants. II. Frost ·vi Frozen dew; — called also hoarfrost or...

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Frost
(Heb. kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., "ice"); Gen. 31:40; Jer. 36:30; rendered "ice" in...

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Signal
·noun A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign. II. Signal ·vt To communicate by signals; as...

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Frost-bitten
·p.a. Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing. ...

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Frost-blite
·noun A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. II. Frost-blite ·noun The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium...

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frost-fish
n. name given in Australia and NewZealand to the European Scabbard-fish, Lepidopuscaudatus, White. ...

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frost-fish
(Genus, morrhua.) A small fish which abounds on our coast during the winter months. It is also calle...

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frost-fish
A small fish, called also tommy-cod; in North America they are taken in large quantities in the dept...

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frost-rime
See frost-smoke. ...

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frost-smoke
A thick mist in high latitudes, arising from the surface of the sea when exposed to a temperature mu...

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Block signal
·add. ·- One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block s...

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Weather signal
·add. ·- Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weath...

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Wind signal
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...

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private signal
Understood by captains having the key, but totally incomprehensible to other persons. ...

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signal-man
The yeoman of the signals; a first-class petty officer in the navy. ...

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signal-officer
In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant. ...

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storm-signal
The hoisting of a danger-flag. Also, Fitzroy's drum and cone, which show the direction of the expect...

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warning-signal
Hoisted to warn vessels not to pass a bar. Also, to warrant higher pay to watermen plying between Po...

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signal of distress
When a ship is in imminent danger, she hoists her national flag upside down, and, if she is armed, f...

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