onding
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Breathing; smelling.
- noun A fall of rain or snow; a downpour.
Examples
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By this time an onding o' rain was coming up frae the water, and I bade the man come indoors to the fire.
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"Aye -- it's onding o' snaw --" said the shepherd, his shrewd blue eyes travelling over her face and form.
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It was a very grey day; a most opaque sky, "onding on snaw," canopied all; thence flakes fell at intervals, which settled on the hard path and on the hoary lea without melting.
Note
The word 'onding' comes the prefix 'on-' and the word 'ding' (in the sense of 'throw down').
