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English Dictionary: Frostbite by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frostbite
n
  1. destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
    Synonym(s): frostbite, cryopathy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frostbite \Frost"bite\, n.
      The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the
      body, as the ears or nose. --Kane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frostbite \Frost`bite"\, v. t.
      To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight
      or nip with frost.
  
               My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to
               frostbite themselves.                              --Pepys.
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