Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The attempt to produce rain by the detonation of explosives or the sending up of smoke-rings or vortex-rings from specially constructed cannon.
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During his directorate were introduced the experiments on so-called "weather-shooting", as a prevention of the dangers due to hail.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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