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rainless, a.|ˈreɪnlɪs|
[f. rain n.1 + -less. Cf. G. regenlos, Sw. regnlös.]
Destitute of rain.
1557Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 177 Gaping ground that raine⁓les can not close. 1596J. Norden Progr. Pietie (1847) 104 No shaft, no shot, no rainless cloud, Can daunt his spouse with woe. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iii. The Law 528 Rainlesse their soyl is wet. 1842J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 242 An hour of rainless sunshine. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 457 The sandy deserts of the rainless districts of Chili.
Hence ˈrainlessness.
1879I. L. Bird Rocky Mntns. 2 The look of long rainlessness, which one may not call drought. |