mountain snown.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈsnəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌmaʊnt(ə)n ˈsnoʊ/

Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and snow n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., snow n.¹

Etymology: < mountain n. + snow n.¹

1. Snow lying on the surface of mountains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow

mountain snow1567

red snow1678

poudre1846

firn1853

powder snow1914

powder1931

boilerplate1937

snowpack1952

crud1961

tracking snow1971

1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 92^v Thy breast than Mountaine snowe or morning Milke more cleare.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eiij^v As mountain snow melts with the midday sonne.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 35 White his shrowde as mountaine snowe.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 51 While Mountain Snows dissolve against the Sun.

1715 S. Garth Claremont 214 His Skin..More smooth than Pearl; than Mountain Snow more fair.

1798 S. T. Coleridge France in Fears & Solitude 16 Ye, that fleeing spot the mountain snows With bleeding wounds.

1845 G. Murray Islaford 16 Her brow was like a wreath of mountain-snow.

1907 F. B. T. Coutts-Nevill Romance of King Arthur 191 Like wandering sheep in mountain snow.

1991 M. Connell Against Peacock Sky (BNC) 132 Swept into the river now flooded with melted mountain snow.

†2. Photography. Barium sulphate (as used in preparing baryta paper). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 154 Barium sulphate, known as ‘Mountain snow’.

3. U.S. A spurge of the western U.S., Euphorbia marginata, having bracts with broad white borders. Also called snow-on-the-mountain. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]

catapucec1386

Euphorbiaa1398

spurgea1400

tithymala1400

faitour's grassc1440

cat's-grassc1450

nettlewort1523

essell1527

lint-spurge1548

sea wartwort1548

spurge thyme1548

line-spurge1562

myrtle spurge1562

sun spurge1562

wolf's-milk1575

cypress tithymal1578

devil's milk1578

mercury1578

sea-spurge1597

sun tithymal1597

welcome to our house1597

wood-spurge1597

Euphorbium1606

milk-reed1611

milkwort1640

sun-turning spurge1640

spurge-wort1647

caper-bush1673

Portland spurge1715

milkweed1736

Medusa's head1760

little-good1808

welcome-home-husband1828

three-seeded mercury1846

cat's-milk1861

turnsole1863–79

mole-tree1864

snow-on-the-mountain1873

seven sisters1879

caper-plant1882

asthma herb1887

mountain snow1889

crown of thorns1890

olifants melkbos1898

1889 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove ix. 159 He mechanically noted..how the blooming ‘Mountain snow’ brushed his mare's fine coat.

1913 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) II. 469 Euphorbia marginata... In dry soil, Minnesota to Colorado, south to Texas. Introduced into waste places in the Central and Atlantic States. Snow-on-the-mountain... Mountain-snow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountain snow
释义	mountain snown. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈsnəʊ/, U.S. /ˌmaʊnt(ə)n ˈsnoʊ/ Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and snow n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., snow n.¹ Etymology: < mountain n. + snow n.¹ 1. Snow lying on the surface of mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow mountain snow1567 red snow1678 poudre1846 firn1853 powder snow1914 powder1931 boilerplate1937 snowpack1952 crud1961 tracking snow1971 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 92^v Thy breast than Mountaine snowe or morning Milke more cleare. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eiij^v As mountain snow melts with the midday sonne. View more context for this quotation 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 35 White his shrowde as mountaine snowe. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 51 While Mountain Snows dissolve against the Sun. View more context for this quotation 1715 S. Garth Claremont 214 His Skin..More smooth than Pearl; than Mountain Snow more fair. 1798 S. T. Coleridge France in Fears & Solitude 16 Ye, that fleeing spot the mountain snows With bleeding wounds. 1845 G. Murray Islaford 16 Her brow was like a wreath of mountain-snow. 1907 F. B. T. Coutts-Nevill Romance of King Arthur 191 Like wandering sheep in mountain snow. 1991 M. Connell Against Peacock Sky (BNC) 132 Swept into the river now flooded with melted mountain snow. †2. Photography. Barium sulphate (as used in preparing baryta paper). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 154 Barium sulphate, known as ‘Mountain snow’. 3. U.S. A spurge of the western U.S., Euphorbia marginata, having bracts with broad white borders. Also called snow-on-the-mountain. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] catapucec1386 Euphorbiaa1398 spurgea1400 tithymala1400 faitour's grassc1440 cat's-grassc1450 nettlewort1523 essell1527 lint-spurge1548 sea wartwort1548 spurge thyme1548 line-spurge1562 myrtle spurge1562 sun spurge1562 wolf's-milk1575 cypress tithymal1578 devil's milk1578 mercury1578 sea-spurge1597 sun tithymal1597 welcome to our house1597 wood-spurge1597 Euphorbium1606 milk-reed1611 milkwort1640 sun-turning spurge1640 spurge-wort1647 caper-bush1673 Portland spurge1715 milkweed1736 Medusa's head1760 little-good1808 welcome-home-husband1828 three-seeded mercury1846 cat's-milk1861 turnsole1863–79 mole-tree1864 snow-on-the-mountain1873 seven sisters1879 caper-plant1882 asthma herb1887 mountain snow1889 crown of thorns1890 olifants melkbos1898 1889 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove ix. 159 He mechanically noted..how the blooming ‘Mountain snow’ brushed his mare's fine coat. 1913 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) II. 469 Euphorbia marginata... In dry soil, Minnesota to Colorado, south to Texas. Introduced into waste places in the Central and Atlantic States. Snow-on-the-mountain... Mountain-snow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1567
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