Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SNOW, n. [a contracted word; Sax. snaw; Goth. snaiws; D. sneeuw; G. schnee; Dan. snee; Sw. sne; Sclav. sneg; Bohem. snik; Ir. sneacht; Fr. neige; L. nix, nivis; It. and Port. neve; Sp. nieve. The Latin nivis, is contracted from nigis, like Eng. bow, from Sax. bugan. The prefix s is common in the other languages.]

1. Frozen vapor; watery particles congealed into white crystals in the air, and falling to the earth. When there is no wind; these crystals fall on flakes or unbroken collections, sometimes extremely beautiful.
2. A vessel equipped with two masts, resembling the main and fore-masts of a ship, and a third small mast just abaft the main-mast, carrying a try-sail. – Mar. Dict.