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ˈhailstorm, hail-storm
[f. hail n.1 + storm n.]
A violent fall or storm of hail.
1697Phil. Trans. XIX. 577 A Letter..giving Account of a great Hail-storm [in Herts]. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Hail, The mischiefs that violent hail-storms are able to do, is scarce to be conceived. 1813T. Forster Atmosph. Phænom. (1815) 252 Hard hailstorms are generally accompanied with thunder and lightning.
fig.1865Seeley Ecce Homo v. (ed. 8) 46 Christ bore with undisturbed patience a perpetual hailstorm of calumny. |