noun.
A precipitation product, such as rain, snow, fog, or clouds, formed from the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; in the plural, all the aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, hail, snow, etc.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.