Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sleet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sleet \Sleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sleeting}.]
To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sleet \Sleet\, n. (Gun.)
The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the
trunnions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sleet \Sleet\, n. [OE. sleet; akin to MHG. sl?z, sl?ze
hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.]
Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven
by the wind, in fine particles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sleet
n : partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
v : precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the
temperature rises above freezing, it will probably
sleet."
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