Obs. exc. dial. [? for *frostling, f. FROST sb. + -LING.] (See quot. 1823.)

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a. 1529.  Skelton, E. Rummyng, 460. Another brought two goslynges, That were noughty froslynges.

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1823.  Moor, Suffolk Words, Froslin. Any thing—a lamb, a goslin, a chicken, an apple, &c. nipped, or pinched, or injured by frost.

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