[UN-1 8 b. Cf. Norw. ufrosen, Sw. ufrusen, MDu. (once) ongevroren.] Not frozen; not congealed by frost.
1596. Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 31. Thair fatt … freises nocht frahand … bot certane dayes remanes vnfrossin lyke oyle.
1598. Florio, Ingelido, not frozen, vnfrozen.
1656. trans. Hobbes’ Elem. Philos., xxviii. 354. The Wine which remains unfrozen in the midst will be very strong.
a. 1691. Boyle, Hist. Air (1692), 154. They … were obliged to dig about six foot deep in the ice, before they could come at unfrozen water.
1766. Reid, Wks. (1846), I. 45/1. The unfrozen water soon came to the temperature of the room.
1817. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., II. 451. Remaining unfrozen though exposed to the severest cold.
1860. Tyndall, Glac., II. xxiv. 360. The water … which has been carried down from the névé unfrozen.
