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Hail, an ordinary meteor.

2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or
appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated
region.

The vaulty top of heaven

Figured quite o'er with burning meteors.

&fist; The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the masses
of stone or other substances which sometimes fall to the earth; also
to shooting stars and to ignes fatui. Meteors are often classed as:
aerial meteors, winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous
meteors, rain, hail, snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors,
rainbows, halos, etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning,
shooting stars, and the like.

Me`te*or"ic (?), a. [Cf. F.
météorique.] 1. Of or
pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as,
meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.

2. Influenced by the weather; as,
meteoric conditions.

3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a
meteor; as, meteoric fame.


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