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plural noun Meteorology.

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Origin of ice needles

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby ice needles

icemaker, iceman, ice milk, ice-minus, ice needle, ice needles, Iceni, ice-out, ice pack, ice pancake, ice pellets

How to use ice needles in a sentence

To-night it was darned across with ice needles, and the silver 'cat-ice' round the edge crackled under Cuni's paws.
Lives of the Fur Folk|M. D. Haviland
While she was still thinking, the first ice-needles of the blizzard came peppering the windows.
A Mountain Woman and Others|(AKA Elia Wilkinson) Elia W. Peattie
The moisture of the air forms long ice needles on the inside of the roof.
The Central Eskimo|Franz Boas
It was as if ice needles pricked his skin through his beautiful thick fur, but he never faltered and never once cried.
Lords of the Housetops|Various

And the February chill of the river cut into him like a million ice-needles.
Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune