See also:

• HAIL (O. Eng. kcegl and hagol, 1 cf. the cognate Teutonic hagel, as in German, Dutch, Swedish, &c.; the Gr. K&XX17E, pebble, is probably allied)

HAIL (O. Eng. kcegl and hagol, 1 cf. the cognate See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic hagel, as in See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, Dutch, See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish, &c.; the Gr. K&XX17E, pebble, is probably allied)  , the name for rounded masses or single pellets of See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice falling from the clouds in a shower . True See also:

• HAIL (O. Eng. kcegl and hagol, 1 cf. the cognate Teutonic hagel, as in German, Dutch, Swedish, &c.; the Gr. K&XX17E, pebble, is probably allied)

hail has a See also:

• CON

con-centric structure caused by the frozen particles of moisture first descending into a warm See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud, whence they are carried upwards on an ascending current of heated See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air into a See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold stratum where the fresh coating of See also:

• WATER

water vapour deposited in the cloud is frozen . The hailstone descends again, receives a fresh coating, is carried up once more, refrozen, and again descends . Thus the hailstone grows until the current is no longer strong enough to support it when it falls to the ground . At times masses of hail are frozen together, and a very sudden cooling will sometimes result in the formation of ragged masses of ice that fall with disastrous results . Hail must be distinguished from the frozen 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, " soft-hail " or " graupel," that often falls at the See also:

• REAR

rear of a See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring See also:

• CYCLONE (Gr. KVKAwv, whirling, from KbK)^os, a circle)

cyclone, since true hail is almost entirely a summer phenomenon, and falls most frequently in thunderstorms which are produced under the conditions that are favourable to the formation of hail, i.e. See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, a still See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere, the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of strong See also:

• LOCAL

local convection currents in consequence, and the passage of a cold upper See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift .