Definition of winter

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Winter (n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like..

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Silo :: Silo (n.) A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.
Winter-ground :: Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant..
Boxberry :: Boxberry (n.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens).
December :: December (n.) Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life..
Winter :: Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw..
Perennial :: Perennial (n.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not..
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter..
Hibernacle :: Hibernacle (n.) That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant..
Hyemation :: Hyemation (n.) The act of affording shelter in winter.
Hyemation :: Hyemation (n.) The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.
Baldwin :: Baldwin (n.) A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple..
Wintery :: Wintery (a.) Wintry.
Isocheim :: Isocheim (n.) A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere.
Alternation :: Alternation (n.) The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear..
Winterkilling :: Winterkilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winterkil.
Winterkill :: Winterkill (v. t.) To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled..
Flatfish :: Flatfish (n.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder..
Low :: Low (superl.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..
Winter-rig :: Winter-rig (v. t.) To fallow or till in winter.
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