frory

adj — 2 senses

frory

adj

/ˈfɹɔːɹi/

Etymology From frore + -y. Compare Old English frēoriġ (“freezing, frozen, cold, chilly; blanched with fear, sad, mournful”).

1

Archaic Frosty; frozen.

  • An aged sire with head all frory hore, And sprinckled frost vpon his deawy beard […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
2

Covered with a froth resembling hoar frost.

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