vbl. sb. [f. SNOW v.] The fact of snow falling; the result of this. Also with in, and fig.
a. 1320. Sir Tristr., 1355. A brid briȝt þai ches As blod opon snoweing.
a. 1700. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 1646. Because by the frequent snowing the tracts are continualy fill’d up.
1801. Moore, Bk. Follies, 21. White as the snowings of that Heaven By which those hours of peace were given.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. IV. i. It is a sheer snowing of pamphlets; like to snow up the Government thoroughfares.
1885. Fortn. Rev., Feb., 170. Soon the snowfalls become more heavy, and the ‘snowing-in’ begins. Ibid. The ‘snowing-in’ period is often supposed to be an extremely objectionable and almost intolerable time.
