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▪ I. ˈsleeting, vbl. n.
[f. sleet v.]
The action of the vb. Also concr., a sleety shower.
1775Ash Suppl., Sleeting,..the act of falling in sleet. 1841Lever C. O'Malley cix. 534 A thin sleeting of rain began to fall.
▪ II. ˈsleeting, ppl. a.
[f. sleet v.]
Falling as sleet; containing sleet; sleety.
1566Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 90 By litle and litle he consumed, as sleting snow against the warme sone. 1611Cotgr., Vent verglas, a sharpe freezing, or sleeting wind. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. x. 290 There is no Iris ever observed from a Snowy, yea or a Sleeting Cloud. 1778Love Feast 33 Soft as the sleeting Snow. 1907H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xxvii, A sleeting drizzle beat against the panes. |