hailstone
[heyl-stohn]
Origin of hailstone
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Related Words for hailstone
chunk, glaze, hail, crystal, iceberg, icicle, glacier, sleet, diamonds, hailstone, permafrost, floeExamples from the Web for hailstone
Historical Examples of hailstone
Fassig lists a quartz pebble, found in a hailstone (Bibliography, part 2-355).
The Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
The famous collection of the late Mrs. Hailstone was sold in 1909.
Chats on Old Lace and NeedleworkEmily Leigh Lowes
From a broadside in Mr. Hailstone's coll., collated with one penes me.
The Ballads and Songs of YorkshireC. J. Davison Ingledew
This hailstone is said to have fallen upon the estate of Mr. Moffat of Ord.
Nature's Miracles, Volume 1Elisha Gray
My orderly picked up one hailstone outside and brought it in to us.
Life in an Indian OutpostGordon Casserly
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