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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 72 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BLIZZARD (origin probably onomatopoeic, cf. " blast," " bluster ")

BLIZZARD (origin probably onomatopoeic, cf. " blast," " bluster ") , a furious See also:

wind See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving See also:

FINE

fine particles of choking, See also:

BLINDING

blinding See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow whirling in icy clouds . The conditions to which the name was originally given occur with the northerly winds in See also:

REAR

rear of the cyclones See also:

CROSSING

crossing the eastern states of See also:

AMERICA

America during See also:

winter .

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