1. Noun
The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.
2. Verb
To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
3. Noun
destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
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