Mental_floss gathered 19 obsolete terms for ice, snow, and everything wintry. My favorite is ‘aquabob’, an 18th. century word for an icicle.
As You Meggle, Learn These 19 Old-Timey Cold Weather Words
Published January 28, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: AQUABOB, CLART, cold weather, HAPWARM, HOGAMADOG, ICE-BOLT, ICE-LEGS, LAYING-WEATHER, lexicography, MEGGLE, MOBLE, MOORKAAVIE, MUFFLEMENTS, obsolete English, PECK-OF-APPLES, PUNDER, RONE, SHURL, snow, SNOW-BLOSSOM, SNOW-BONES, SNOW-BROTH, winter, wintry
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