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snow-water 
1 n. water from melted snow, used for drinking and other purposes.
- 1771 (1947) No springs near; drink snow water nine months of the year. In summer keep three draught horses to haul water & draw stones.
- 1864 We had nothing by which to make snow-water, and we had vainly searched the rocks for some.
- 1913 Taking care to avoid the space beneath it, the man built his little fire, and boiled snow water.
- 1966 We would . . . boil a pot of snow water tea, and sit on a log. . . .
2 n. melted snow, often that lying on the surface of sea ice.
- 1924 His tremendous sealskin boots that reached right up to his hips he took off, shook out the ice and snow-water, and tied them firmly one on the back of each of the two dogs.
- 1956 A little warm snow water still lay in the rocky basins on top of the hills. . . .
- 1771 (1947) No springs near; drink snow water nine months of the year. In summer keep three draught horses to haul water & draw stones.