Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n.
   The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white
   frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.]

         He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.  --Ps. cxlvii.
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