snow-water
Also snow water.
[f. snow n.1 Cf. Fris. sniewetter, MDu. snee(u)water (Du. sneeuwwater), MHG. snêwazzer (G. schneewasser), etc.]
Water derived or obtained from melted snow. Also transf.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 159 Þe ter þet mon schet for his emcristenes sunne is inemned snaw water, for hit melt of þe neche horte swa deð þe snaw to-ȝeines þe sunne. 1434 Misyn Mending of Life 122 If I be waschyd with snaw watyr. 1535 Coverdale Job ix. 30 Though I wasshed my self with snowe water. 1599 Minsheu Span. Dial. 18 In Spaine they coole their wine by setting the flagons in snow water. 1620 Venner Via Recta Introd. 10 Snow-waters are grosse and ouer-cold. 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. (1711) i. 74 Several streams of Snow-water run down in the Cliffs of the Hills. 1763 Mills Pract. Husb. III. 454 He rejects snow water for the same reason. 1789 W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 67 The inhabitants of the Peak of Derby..have large tumours or wens on their necks. This disease is generally imputed to the snow water. 1809 A. Henry Trav. 278 We supped on wild beef and snow-water. 1855 Orr's Circ. Sci., Elem. Chem. 299 Even rain and snow-water are far from pure. 1903 A. C. P. Haggard Sport. Yarns 273 The snow water used to come down the Don every afternoon. |