a. [f. THAW sb. or v. + -LESS.] That does not thaw, or that never thaws.
1761. H. Brooke, Earl of Essex, IV.
| When prostrate I implor’d my Queen to hear me, | |
| Was not she cold, and deaf, as thawless ice, | |
| Or ears of adamant? |
1813. W. Taylor, Eng. Synonyms, 30. Thawless unmelting obstinacy.
1838. Mary Howitt, Birds & Fl., Sunshine, v. Where rests the thawless snow.
1886. Ruskin, Præterita, I. ix. 291. The winter gives them [flowers] rest under thawless serenity of snow.
