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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

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WIND
WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

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

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FINE

fine particles of choking,

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BLINDING

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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

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REAR

rear of the cyclones

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CROSSING

crossing the eastern states of

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AMERICA

America during

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