sleet

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It was a spectacle finer than the sleet -- the flower of winter among the trees.

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  1. noun Precipitation consisting of generally transparent frozen or partially frozen raindrops.
  2. noun A mixture of rain and snow or hail.
  3. noun A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets.

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  1. Middle English slete, from Old English *slēte.

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  1. from Middle English sleet, slete, slet; (a) perhaps from Anglo-Saxon*sl ē te, *sly¯te = Old Saxon *slōta = Dutch slote = Middle Low German sloten, Low German slote = Middle High German slōz, German schlosse, hail; or (b) from Norwegian sletta, sleet, from sletta, slap, fling (see slat, slate); (c) not related to Icelandic slydda, Danish slud, sleet.
  2. from sleet, n.
  3. Origin obscure.
 

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