Hail is observed precipitation in the form of small balls or pieces of ice (hialstones), falling either separately or agglomerated into irregular lumps Hail falls during heavy thunderstorms
To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York
[of Hægel (Saxon), or , Hagol (Saxon) , Hagel (S Du and G )] a Meteor formed of Flocks of Snow, which being melted by warm Air, and afterwards meeting with cold Air, is congealed and turns to Hail, whose Stones are of a different Figure, according to the Solution of the Flocks, and fall rudely by reason of their Weight
{f} rain down hail; pour down like hail, fall with force; salute, greet, welcome; call to from a distance
a frozen form of precipitation in which droplets reach the ground still frozen as ice Individual droplets, or hailstones, can range in size from a grain of sand to a large cobble
millimetric or larger precipitation particle of ice, formed by the accretion of ice crystals and rapidly freezing supercooled water droplets
Precipitation in the form of transparent or partially opaque balls or irregular lumps of concentric ice Hail is normally defined as having a diameter of 5 millimeters or more and is produced by thunderstorms
- rain in the form of pellets of ice sometimes produced by strong thunderstorms It can be smaller than a pea or as large as a softball and very destructive to plants and crops In a hailstorm, take cover immediately
enthusiastic greeting precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents greet enthusiastically or joyfully call for; "hail a cab"