Definition of Snwy
Snow"y (?), a. 1.
White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping
with crows." Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with
snow. "The snowy top of cold Olympus."
Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained;
spotless.
There did he lose his snowy
innocence. J. Hall (1646).
Snowy heron (Zoöl.), a white
heron, or egret (Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern
United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also plume
bird. -- Snowy lemming (Zoöl.),
the collared lemming (Cuniculus torquatus), which turns
white in winter. -- Snowy owl
(Zoöl.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca,
or N. nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United
States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure
white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots.
Called also white owl. -- Snowy plover
(Zoöl.), a small plover (Ægialitis
nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It
is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head
white.
Snow"y (?), a. 1.
White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping
with crows." Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with
snow. "The snowy top of cold Olympus."
Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained;
spotless.
There did he lose his snowy
innocence. J. Hall (1646).
Snowy heron (Zoöl.), a white
heron, or egret (Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern
United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also plume
bird. -- Snowy lemming (Zoöl.),
the collared lemming (Cuniculus torquatus), which turns
white in winter. -- Snowy owl
(Zoöl.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca,
or N. nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United
States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure
white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots.
Called also white owl. -- Snowy plover
(Zoöl.), a small plover (Ægialitis
nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It
is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head
white.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- covered with snow
- white as snow
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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