THAW, THAWING
ADJECTIVES
► SAFT of weather: mild, not frosty, in a state of thaw → 1825 Sc.
NOUNS
► SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture → 1895 Sc.
VERBS
► DAGE to thaw → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAVE to thaw → 1858 Eng. dial.
► EVE to thaw → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LEAT to thaw → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFTEN to thaw → 1825 Sc.
► UNEAVE to show condensation; to thaw → 1810 Eng. dial.
► UNFREEZE to thaw → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UNGIVE to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw → 1889 Eng. dial.
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