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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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hail1
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n.
pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
∎ [in sing.]
a large number of things hurled forcefully through the air, esp. with intent to harm:
a hail of bullets.
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v. [intr.] (it hails, it is hailing, etc.)
hail falls:
it hailed so hard we had to stop.
hail2
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v.
1. [tr.]
call out to (someone) to attract attention:
the crew hailed a fishing boat.
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signal (an approaching taxicab) to stop:
she raised her hand to hail a cab.
2. [tr.] (often be hailed)
acclaim enthusiastically as being a specified thing:
he has been hailed as the new James Dean.
3. [intr.] (hail from)
have one's home or origins in (a place):
he hails from Pittsburgh.
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interj. archaic
expressing greeting or acclaim:
hail, Caesar!
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n.
a shout or call used to attract attention.
PHRASES:
within hail (or within hailing distance)
at a distance within which someone may be called to; within earshot.DERIVATIVES:
hail·er
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Hail: yes! It can damage a roof.(TECHNICAL DETAILS)
Magazine article from: Roofing Contractor; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of property loss claims resulting from hail damage to a roof system. In fact, the percentage of roof damage from hail is so large that it has spawned a cottage...search of roof work. Roof damage from hail force is typically the result of improper...
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Hail, no! Can giant cannons protect farms from hail damage?(hailstones)
Magazine article from: Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication; 10/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...thunder. They're the rumblings of the huge hail cannons on John Smith's farm. A hailstorm...installed the 6-meter-(20-foot-) tall hail cannons to stop hailstones from forming...storm clouds over his farm. "I think the hail cannons help, I really do," Amy Kunugi...
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Hail Damages Crops In Eden, Bart Townships ; A Numerous Tobacco And Corn Fields Lost In Second Hail Storm To Hit Southern End In Two Weeks.
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 8/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Sunday, another serious, crop-damaging hail storm in the southern portion of the county. Hail as large as quarters, and even golf balls...late Sunday afternoon. "You could shovel the hail off our deck, we got so much," said Joyce...
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'Hail Alley' has history of costly summer storms
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 6/22/2004; ; 669 words
; ...Front Range residents, or more precisely to insurance premiums, is hail. Colorado's Front Range is in the heart of "Hail Alley," receiving the highest frequency of large hail in North America and most of the world, according to the Rocky Mountain...
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Hail detection using S- and C-band radar reflectivity difference
Magazine article from: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...shown to display an identifying signal for hail-bearing storms. The relevance and sensitivity of the proposed hail detection algorithm is first analyzed from...precipitation, are considered, notably rain and hail with hailstones of different diameters...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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HAIL CAUSES JUNE WHITEOUT
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/16/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-16-2009 HAIL CAUSES JUNE WHITEOUT -- Unusual storm...across North Jersey on Monday, dumping hail in such abundance that parts of Bergen...Ridgewood and elsewhere to clear penny-size hail that piled inches high in streets and municipal...
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Climatology of Hail in China: 1961-2005
Magazine article from: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT A previous hail climatology of China was based upon observations...been made in this study to update this hail climatology in China with the use of a...of a new, comprehensive collection of hail observational data in May 2006 by the National...
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Hail damage to roof shingles. (Technical Notebook).
Magazine article from: Claims; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Hail forms when frozen water drops are lifted in turbulent...water increase in size and eventually fall to earth as hail, having been driven by a combination of gravity and wind forces. Hail stones vary in size from pea size (1/4 inch diameter...
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An enhanced hail detection algorithm for the WSR-88D
Magazine article from: Weather and Forecasting; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...AND KEVIN W. THOMAS* ABSTRACT An enhanced hail detection algorithm (HDA) has been developed for the WSR-88D to replace the original hail algorithm. While the original hail algorithm simply indicated whether or not a detected...
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Modeling maximum hail size in Alberta thunderstorms
Magazine article from: Weather and Forecasting; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...model was combined with a time-dependent hail growth model to predict the maximum hailstone...proximity soundings recorded within the Alberta Hail Project area for three summers between 1983 and 1985. The forecast hail sizes were verified against reports of...
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hail
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...with intent to harm: a hail of bullets. • v. [ intr. ] ( it hails , it is hailing , etc.) hail falls: it hailed so hard...origins in (a place): he hails from Pittsburgh...greeting or acclaim: hail, Caesar! •...
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Hail Mary
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Hail Mar·y • n. ( pl. Hail Ma·rys ) 1. a prayer to the Virgin Mary used chiefly...recitation of such a devotional phrase or prayer: muttering Hail Marys under her breath. 2. [usu. as adj. ] Football a desperation...
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Hail
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Hail a storm or shower of anything similar to hail. See also . Examples: hail of bullets; of farewells; of iron globes, 1667; of ice; of peas, 1728; of round shot, 1893; of shots.
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Ben-hail
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ben-hail , in the Bible, one of Jehoshaphat's princes.
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“Hail Columbia,”
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
“Hail Columbia,” patriotic song by Joseph Hopkinson , to the tune originally written for “The President's March...
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