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ˈsnowing, vbl. n.
[f. snow v.]
The fact of snow falling; the result of this. Also with in, and fig.
a1320Sir Tristr. 1355 A brid briȝt þai ches As blod opon snoweing. a1700Evelyn Diary Sept. 1646, Because by the frequent snowing the tracts are continualy fill'd up. 1801Moore Bk. Follies 21 White as the snowings of that Heaven By which those hours of peace were given. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iv. i, It is a sheer snowing of pamphlets; like to snow up the Government thoroughfares. 1885Fortn. Rev. Feb. 170 Soon the snowfalls become more heavy, and the ‘snowing-in’ begins. Ibid., The ‘snowing-in’ period is often supposed to be an extremely objectionable and almost intolerable time. |