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Snow Snow, n. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=aw; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r,
snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn["o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
sn["e]gas, Russ. snieg , Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[=i]wan to snow, G.
schneien, OHG. sn[=i]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,
Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
sticky. [root]172.]
1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
forms.
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Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
snow-wrought, and the like.
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2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
flakes.
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The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer.
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Red snow. See under Red. [1913 Webster]

Snow bunting. (Zo"ol.) See Snowbird, 1.

Snow cock (Zo"ol.), the snow pheasant.

Snow flea (Zo"ol.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow
in vast numbers.

Snow flood, a flood from melted snow.

Snow flower (Bot.), the fringe tree.

Snow fly, or Snow insect (Zo"ol.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The
male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
in great numbers.

Snow gnat (Zo"ol.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.

Snow goose (Zo"ol.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen
hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and
{Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({Chen
c[oe]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
part of the neck white. Called also {white head},
{white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.

Snow leopard (Zool.), the ounce.

Snow line, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
equator, 16,000 feet.

Snow mouse (Zo"ol.), a European vole (Arvicola nivalis) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.

Snow pheasant (Zo"ol.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus
{Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The
Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the
best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow
chukor}.

Snow partridge. (Zo"ol.) See under Partridge.

Snow pigeon (Zo"ol.), a pigeon (Columba leuconota) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump
are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are
black.

Snow plant (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
up.
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Snow Snow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snowed; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snowing}.]
To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it
snows; it snowed yesterday.
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Snow Snow, v. t. To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
--Donne. Shak.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English