Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Sleet
sleet, n. [possibly OE slét.] (webplay: snow).
- Freezing rain; mixture of snow, hail and rain; [fig.] winter; [metaphor] hardship; roughness of life.
- Frosty weather; hard freeze; cold front; winter storm; [fig.] death; suspension of life.
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