Meteoric: alternatives and connections

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.

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A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.

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The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

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The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

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Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.

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The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

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Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology.

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