˜yÐÄvlog

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onding

[ on-ding ]

noun

Scot.
  1. the act of continued outpouring or falling; a continuing torrent, as of rain.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of onding1

First recorded in 1770–80; on + ding 2
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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.

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Onding, on′ding, n. a sudden fall of rain or snow.

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“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.

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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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