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sleet


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sleet  \Sleet\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sleeted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sleeting}.] 
  To  snow  or  hail  with  a  mixture  of  rain. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sleet  \Sleet\,  n.  (Gun.) 
  The  part  of  a  mortar  extending  from  the  chamber  to  the 
  trunnions. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sleet  \Sleet\,  n.  [OE.  sleet;  akin  to  MHG.  sl?z,  sl?ze 
  hailstone,  G.  schlosse  of  uncertain  origin.] 
  Hail  or  snow,  mingled  with  rain,  usually  falling,  or  driven 
  by  the  wind,  in  fine  particles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sleet 
  n  :  partially  melted  snow  (or  a  mixture  of  rain  and  snow) 
  v  :  precipitate  as  a  mixture  of  rain  and  snow 




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