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onding
[ on-ding ]
noun
, Scot.
- the act of continued outpouring or falling; a continuing torrent, as of rain.
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Example Sentences
It was a very grey day; a most opaque sky, “onding on snaw,” canopied all; thence flakes fell at intervals, which settled on the hard path and on the hoary lea without melting.
From Literature
Onding, on′ding, n. a sudden fall of rain or snow.
From Project Gutenberg
“I was at Tilliedrum yestreen, meeting Sanders as he got out o’ the gaol, and that awfu onding began when we was on the Bellies Braes.
From Project Gutenberg
By this time an onding o' rain was coming up' frae the water, and I bade the man come indoors to the fire.
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"Aye—it's onding o' snaw—" said the shepherd, his shrewd blue eyes travelling over her face and form.
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