What is frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost called?
pruinose — Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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