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Frosting   /frˈɔstɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Frosting  n.  
1.
A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.
2.
A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.
3.
The lightened color on part of an object, as of hair, produced by treatment with bleach or other chemicals; as only part of the object is thus treated, the final color of the object is two-toned; also, the process of producing such a two-toned effect.



verb
Frost  v. t.  (past & past part. frosted; pres. part. frosting)  
1.
To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
2.
To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass; as, glass may be frosted by exposure to hydrofluoric acid. "While with a hoary light she frosts the ground."
3.
To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.






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"Frosting" Quotes from Famous Books



... was to set about finding a place to live in. The island was one of those high mountains poking up out of the sea, with green grass on top, like colored frosting to a cake; and gray rocks below, all hollowed out into deep caves and crannies, as if mice had been nibbling at the cake. These caves are just the sort of places which smugglers and pirates choose to hide in with their treasures, ...
— The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts • Abbie Farwell Brown

... then they all filed into the big dining room, and there, to be sure, was their special table in the centre, and in the middle of it was a tall Dutch cake, ornamented with all sorts of nuts and fruits and candies, and gay with layers of frosting, edged and trimmed with coloured devices, and on the very tip-top of all was an elaborate figure in sugar of a little Dutch shepherdess. And around this wonderful cake were plates of mottoes, all trimmed in the Dutch ...
— Five Little Peppers Abroad • Margaret Sidney

... woods. They had their lunch in little birch-bark baskets, and they used a nice, big, flat stump for a table. They took an old napkin for a tablecloth, and they had pieces of carrots boiled in molasses and chocolate, and cabbage with pink frosting on, and nuts all covered with candy, and some sugared popcorn, and all nice things ...
— Bully and Bawly No-Tail • Howard R. Garis

... is of the Howard pattern. The hairspring stud is set in the cock like the Elgin three-quarter-plate movement. The richest finish for such a model is frosted plates and bridges. The frosting should not be a fine mat, like a watch movement, but coarse-grained—in fact, the grain of the frosting should be proportionate to the size of the movement. The edges of the bridges and balance cock can be left smooth. The best process for frosting is by ...
— Watch and Clock Escapements • Anonymous

... grandma purposely left the pantry door open, and there, disclosed to view, was a land of promise; a row of delicious little cakes, with chocolate frosting, smiling on the pantry shelf. The boys instantly crossed over to this inviting land and took possession, while grandma, who was sometimes rather unwise in her loving kindness, ...
— The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories • Various


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