SNOW

See SIDEWALK. The owner of a building who leases it, reserving only the right to enter "to repair," is not liable to a person injured by a fall of snow from the roof, it not appearing that the tenant might not by reasonable care have prevented the accident.

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. Chaucer. Red snow. See under Red. Snow bunting. (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1. -- Snow cock (Zoöl.), the snow pheasant. -- Snow flea (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus Chionea found running on snow in winter. -- Snow goose (Zoöl.), 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 (C. coerulescens) 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 (Zoöl.), a European vole (Arvicola nivalis) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. -- Snow pheasant (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) See under Partridge. -- Snow pigeon (Zoöl.), 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.

To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.

A square-rigged sailing vessel similar to a brig formerly used as a warship, with a foremast, a mainmast, and a trysail mast immediately abaft (behind) the mainmast.

The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. | The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. | An instance of the falling of snow (etymology 1 sense 1); a snowfall; also, a snowstorm. | The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. | A period of time when snow falls; a winter. | The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. | An accumulation or spread of snow. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | A dish or component of a dish resembling snow, especially one made by whipping egg whites until creamy. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | The white color of snow. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | Clusters of white flowers. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | The moving pattern of random dots seen on a radar or television screen, etc., when no transmission signal is being received or when there is interference. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | Sea foam; sea spray. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | Also in the plural: white hair on an (older) person's head. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | White marble. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | Money, especially silver coins. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | White linen which has been washed. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | Chiefly with a descriptive word: a substance other than water resembling snow when frozen; specifically, frozen carbon dioxide. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | Clipping of marine snow (“sinking organic detritus in the ocean”). | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | Powder cocaine. | Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. | An opiate powder, whether heroin or morphine.

Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun etymology 1 sense 1) fall from the atmosphere. | Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun etymology 1 sense 1) fall from the atmosphere. | Of a thing: to fall like snow. | To cause (something) to fall like snow. | To cover or scatter (a place or thing) with, or as if with, snow. | To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair. | To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery. | To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery. | To bluff (an opponent) in draw poker by playing a hand which has no value, or by refusing to draw any cards. | To cause (someone) to be under the effect of a drug; to dope, to drug.