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Originally, this technique of calling a spade a shovel was restricted to matters involving opinion, where the commitment was made yet more tentative by the insertion of the disclaimer like: "That was a great movie" became "I think that was a great movie" which became "I may not know anything about movies, but I think that was a great movie," which became

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  1. noun Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.
  2. noun A falling of snow; a snowstorm.
  3. noun Something resembling snow, as:
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  • One of their number had been surveying the neighborhood, and seriously assured them that the snow was at least a hundred feet deep. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
  • Originally, this technique of calling a spade a shovel was restricted to matters involving opinion, where the commitment was made yet more tentative by the insertion of the disclaimer like: "That was a great movie" became "I think that was a great movie" which became "I may not know anything about movies, but I think that was a great movie," which became —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2
  • Ernst's own blood drizzled out of its mouth and onto his cheek. —  The Legacy of Heorot
  • In this helpless condition I went in the wood to prayer as usual; and tho 'the snow was a considerable height, I was not sensible of cold, or any other inconveniency. — —  The Most Remarkable Particulars In The Life Of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
  • "Cad --" —  The Legacy of Heorot
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English snāw; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Scots snaw; from Middle English snow, snou, snouh, snouʒ, snau, snaw, from Anglo-Saxon snāw = Old Saxon snēu, snēo. = Middle Dutch sneeuw, snee, Dutch sneeuw = Middle Low German snei, suē, Low German snee = Old High German snēo, Middle High German snē, German schnee = Icelandic snǣr, snjār, snjōr = Swedish snö = Danish sne = Gothic (Moesogothic) snaiws, snow; related to Old Bulgarian snigŭ = Servian snijeg = Bohemian sníh = Polish snieg = Russian sniegŭ = Lithuanian snegas = Lettish snegs = Old Irish snechta, Irish sneachd, Gaelic sneachd, snow; Latin nix (niv-, orig. *snighv-) (later Italian neve = Spanish nieve = Portuguese neve; also, through Late Latin *niveaf F. neige; W. nyf) = Greek νίφα, (accusative), snow, νιφάς a snowflake, Zend snizh, snow; all from the verb represented by Old High German snīwan, Middle High German snīen, German schneien, Latin ningere, impersonal ningit (√ snighv-), Greek νίφειν, impers, νίφει, snow, Lithuanian snigti, sningti, Zend √ snizh, snow; Gael, snidh, ooze in drops, Irish snidhe, a drop of rain; Sanskrit √ snih, be sticky or oily, = sneha, moisture, oil. Cf. Sanskrit √ nij, cleanse, Greek νίζειν, wash. The modern verb snowis from the noun.
  2. from Middle English snowen, snawen = Dutch sneeuwen = Icelandic snjōfa, snjōva, snjāva = Swedish snöa, snöga = Danish sne (cf. Italian nevicare, nevigare = Spanish Portuguese nevar = French neiger), snow; from the noun. The older verb was Middle English snewen, sniwen, from Anglo-Saxon sniwian, snow: see snow, n.
  3. from Middle Dutch snauw, snau. D. snaauw, a kind of boat; prob. from Low German snau, German dial. schnau, a snout, beak, = German dial. schnuff, a snout: see snout.
 

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