duck-frost

English

Noun

duck-frost

  1. Alternative form of duck's frost
    • 1889, John Nicholson (School principal), The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, page 90:
      Is it a frost ti-neet? Hey! a duck-frost! Ah fell full smack o' mi feeace.
    • 1901, William Joseph Long, Secrets of the Woods, IndyPublish.com, page 146:
      ... duck-frost. In the meadows and along the fringes of the woods the white rime lay thick and powdery on grass and dead leaves; every foot that touched it left a black mark, as if seared with a hot iron, when the sun came up […]
    • 1916, Alfred Edward Thomas Watson, The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, page 328:
      ... duck-frost has given way to a blue sky and a hot sun. The gardener claimed five degrees in the early dawn, and the nasturtiums confirmed it.
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