sleet

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1. sleet - Noun

2. sleet - Verb

Meaning

The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.

To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.

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I see my way as birds their trackless way. I shall arrive, what time, what circuit first, I ask not but unless God send his hail Or blinding fire-balls, sleet or stifling snow, In some time, his good time, I shall arrive He guides me and the bird. In his good time. Robert Browning

I loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat; you see I'm just another snowman standing in the rain and sleet who loved you with his frozen love, his second hand physique, with all he is and all he was a thousand kisses deep. Leonard Cohen

Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air. Thomas Gray

Each look'd upon his comrade's face, Pale as funereal stone ; Yet none could touch the other's hand, For none could feel his own. Like statues fixed, that gallant band Stood on the dread deck to die ; The sleet was their shroud, the wind their dirge, And their churchyard the sea and sky. Letitia Elizabeth Landon

If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet Source: Internet

According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): Approximately 24% of all vehicle accidents occur during adverse weather (rain, sleet, snow and fog). Source: Internet

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