Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Snow (2)

Snow, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. snāw; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. snēo, G. schnee, Icel. snær, snjōr, snajār, Sw. snö, Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. snëgas, Russ. snieg', Ir. &...

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Snow (3)

Snow (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Snowed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Snowing.] To fall in or as snow; — chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.

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Snow (4)

Snow, v. t. To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow. Donne. Shak.

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Snow banner

Snow banner. A bannerlike stream of snow blown into the air from a mountain peak, often having a pinkish color and extending horizontally for several miles across the sky.

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Snow-blind

Snow″–blind′ (?), a. Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. — Snow″–blind′ness, n.

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Snow-bound

Snow″–bound′ (?), a. Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. Whittier.

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Snow-broth

Snow″–broth′ (?), n. Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor. Shak.

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Snow-capped

Snow″–capped′ (?), a. Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.

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Snow-white

Snow″–white′ (?), a. White as snow; very white. “Snow-white and rose-red” Chaucer.

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Snowball

Snow″ball′ (?), n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.Snowball tree(Bot.), the Guelder-rose.

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Snowball (2)

Snow″ball′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Snowballed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Snowballing.] To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

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Snowball (3)

Snow″ball′, v. i. To throw snowballs.

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Snowberry

Snow″ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and ...

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Snowbird

Snow″bird (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, orPlectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large floc...

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Snowcap

Snow″cap′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A very small humming bird (Microchæra albocoronata) native of New Grenada.☞ The feathers of the top of the head are white and snining, the body blue bla...

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Snowdrift

Snow″drift′ (?), n. A bank of drifted snow.

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Snowdrop

Snow″drop′ (?), n.(Bot.) A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beaut...

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Snowflake

Snow″flake′ (?), n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.2. (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, æstivu...

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Snowfleck

Snow″fleck′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.

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Snowl

Snowl (?), n.(Zoöl.) The hooded merganser.

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Snowless

Snow″less (?), a. Destitute of snow.

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Snowplow

{ Snow″plow′, Snow″plough′ } (?), n. An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.

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Snowshed

Snow″shed (?), n. A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.

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Snowshoe

Snow″shoe′ (?), n. A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the ...

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Snowshoeing

Snow″shoe′ing, n. Traveling on snowshoes.

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Snowshoer

Snow″sho′er (?), n. One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes. W. G. Beers.

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Snowslip

Snow″slip′ (?), n. A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.