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snowed, ppl. a.|snəʊd|
[f. snow n.1 or v.]
1. Cooled with snow. rare—1.
1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. ii. §1 Nero..lingring after his snowed water, hardly got down an ordinary cup of Calda.
2. Covered with snow.
1854Hooker Himal. Jrnls. I. 184 The sweep of snowed mountains to the eastward. Ibid. II. 60 It..flowed amongst little snowed mountains.
3. snowed-up, blocked, stopped, or covered with snow. Also snowed-in (see snow v. 6 d).
1836Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administ. (1837) III. 302 Not one of the Standard's snowed-up sixty has found his way to the House of Commons. 1881Times 19 Jan. 10/2 Passing the night in the snowed-up train. 1882Floyer Unexpl. Baluchistan 364 The valley..contained every few miles a snowed-up village. 1904N.Y. Even. Post 5 Feb. 3 The Wabash is devoting all its energies to clearing the line of delayed and snowed-in trains. 1982N. Freeling Wolfnight 128 A winter sun on a snowed-in landscape. |