2: An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a

cloud of some substance [syn: fogginess, murk, murkiness]

3: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, haze]

v : make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the

clouds" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, haze over,

cloud, mist]

frost

n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects

outside) [syn: hoar, hoarfrost, rime]

2: Weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze]

3: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: icing]

4: American poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life

in New England (1874-1963) [syn: Frost, Robert Frost,

Robert Lee Frost]

v : decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: ice]

lightning

n 1: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud

to earth accompanied by the emission of light

2: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in

the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can

scintillate for a second or more

Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked

flashes.

Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of

electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,

esp. at the close of a hot day.

Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place

where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by

lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a

short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin

nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also

lightning discharger.

Lightning bug (Zo["o]l.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.

Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.

Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a

brilliant eye.

Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on

the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or

water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or

vessel from lightning.

Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing

out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The

appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light

from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.

draught

n 1: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) [syn: draft, potation,

tipple]

2: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single

gulp" [syn: gulp, draft, swig]

3: A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)

[syn: draft, air current]

4: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially

when loaded) [syn: draft]

5: a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn:

draft]

6: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draft,

drawing]

v : make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draft]

drought

n 1: a temporary shortage of rainfall