onding

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   chiefly Scottish and Northern English: a heavy, continuous fall of rain or snow; a downpour

   The shepherd waited in the stone shelter until the onding of snow had passed.

A Scots and Northern English formation from on- + ding, 'to beat or strike,' associated with the phrase ding on for rain or snow beating down. The weather noun has been recorded since the eighteenth century for a sustained heavy fall, especially an onding of snow.

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