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sleet

sleet [ sleet ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. partly frozen rain: partly frozen rain

2. thin coating of ice: the thin coating of ice formed when rain freezes on something



intransitive verb  (past and past participle sleet·ed, present participle sleet·ing, 3rd person present singular sleets)
Definition:
 
fall as sleet: to have sleet falling from the sky

[13th century. Probably ultimately < Germanic]
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