Definition of "frost-bitten" [frost•-bit•ten]

• Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing. (adjective)

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• "The old roystering crowd was there, and, as of old, three frost-bitten sailors were there, fresh from the long traverse from the Arctic, survivors of a ship's company of seventy-four."
• "His cheekbones and nose, frost-bitten again and again, were turned bloody-black and hideous."
• "Brambles sent spiny stems snaking over the open surfaces, and weeds found rootholds in the gaps between frost-bitten edges, before collapsing in the dieback of autumn."