Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cloud from which hail falls; that portion of a cumulus cloud which represents the so-called hail-stage and within which the temperature is at freezing-point, the cooling due to expansion being just counterbalanced by the evolution of the latent heat of freezing water from the drops of rain that are being frozen.
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Examples
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There was about her gaze a something heavy, mournful, and boding which old Dave could not understand, but which made him think of the expression she had lifted in the old homesteading days toward the hail-cloud that swept from eastward to beat down their little, hard-sown crop.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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While he stood shivering in the frozen wind, the sun, bursting through the hail-cloud, burned his cheeks and hands.
Fraternity John Galsworthy 1900
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While he stood shivering in the frozen wind, the sun, bursting through the hail-cloud, burned his cheeks and hands.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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Orion's presence alone hung like a threatening hail-cloud over the sprouting harvest of her peace of mind.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Orion's presence alone hung like a threatening hail-cloud over the sprouting harvest of her peace of mind.
The Bride of the Nile — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Orion's presence alone hung like a threatening hail-cloud over the sprouting harvest of her peace of mind.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Orion's presence alone hung like a threatening hail-cloud over the sprouting harvest of her peace of mind.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Orion's presence alone hung like a threatening hail-cloud over the sprouting harvest of her peace of mind.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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But the wind having blown away the hail-cloud, the stars were again shining down into the hall.
Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864
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His life was palled with a sudden hail-cloud which hung low, and blotted out color and light and loveliness.
Home Again George MacDonald 1864
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