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a heavy rain
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A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…
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A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
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To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.
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To rain in very fine drops.
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A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical…
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One who pelts.
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One who shows or exhibits.
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One who, or that which, soaks.
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A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
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A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
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A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
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The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
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The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
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The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…
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The quality or state of being successive.
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To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.
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To rain in very fine drops.
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To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
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The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
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Poor.
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One who shows or exhibits.
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To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…
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A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
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To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
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A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…
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A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
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A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
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Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.
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Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.
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A drop of rain.
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of Pelt
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A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.
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