that's by Shakespeare

I'll start off my not taking credit for the following: the info was provided by the Oxford English Dictionary online http://dictionary.oed.com" title="http://dictionary.oed.com" target="_blank"http://dictionary.oed.com - you can get a word of the day, with etymology (history/evolvement) of it.  Since 'snow' is a main theme of this page, I'd like to define it a little.  (oh, and I'm working on an etymology paper on 'team,' and need a break)

* The partially frozen vapour of the atmosphere falling in flakes characterized by their whiteness and lightness; the fall of these flakes, or the layer formed by them on the surface of the ground. It is recorded as early as the first century, according to the Oxford . .

* With adjs. of colour, denoting snow tinged by various foreign substances, or the alga, etc., to which the colouring is due. (that's where I'm getting at w/ this page- and if you've ever been around snow towards spring, when there's just patches of snow that's left, there is always an interesting clutter of things it has collected over the months)

* Spots that appear as a flickering mass filling a television or radar screen, caused by interference or a low signal-to-noise ratio.

* slang (orig. U.S.). Cocaine; occas. heroin or morphine

Here are some suffixes to add to snow- see what comes up!  The list online was way longer: -flurry, -glare, -light, -squall, gallery, glasses, -shed, spectacles;  -blown, -born, -bound, -choked, -cooled, -dazed, -drowned, -fed; -bearded, -blanketed, -coloured, -suited; -rub, -clear, -deep, -fair, -soft, etc.

some to ponder: *snow-cripple, a tree injured by the weight or pressure of snow; *snow job slang (orig. U.S.), a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion; *snowpack U.S., lying snow that is compressed and hardened by its own weight; *snow-worm, a worm frequenting or living among the snow

a dead word: snow-blossom, a snowflake.  Who's up for resurrecting it?  "One of my favorite crafts as a kid was making paper snow-blossoms."