speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
covering which protects against frost
frozen dew; frost and dew; (arch.) years; (arch.) time
defrosting (e.g. of a freezer)
frozen dew (in late autumn); waters (i.e. amniotic fluid discharged shortly before birth)