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virga

[ UK /vˈɜːɡɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈvɝɡə/ ]
NOUN
  1. light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)

How To Use virga In A Sentence

  • There was a horizon-to-horizon rainbow to the northeast, a "sun pillar" to the northwest, and "virga" - wisps of precipitation (such as snow or ice) streaming down from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground. Kansas.com Blogs Master Site Feed
  • Si quis nuptam stuprarit, virga virilis ei praeciditur; si mulier, nasus et auricula praecidatur. Anatomy of Melancholy
  • I kept a wary eye on both for fifteen to twenty minutes while climbing in the last couple thermals and observed that the virga never extended its range closer to the ground.
  • The manor of Countisbury rendered geld for half a hide, of which the lord held one virgate and four ploughs, and the villeins held one virgate and six ploughs. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland
  • Rectiores virgas vimineas colligentes, easque cum incantamentis quibusdam secretis præstituto tempore discernentes, aperte quid portendatur norunt. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
  • Ad extinguendum coitum, ungantur membra genitalia, et renes et pecten aqua in qua opium Thebaicum sit dissolutum; libidini maxime contraria camphora est, et coriandrum siccum frangit coitum, et erectionem virgae impedit; idem efficit synapium ebibitum. Anatomy of Melancholy
  • I took one more thermal near Cross Mountain to 16,000 ft and glided to Maybell where I decided to land due to numerous areas of virga and lightning.
  • The quilisma is shown on the second syllable of celsa, where we first have a punctum, serving as the starting-point, then the triple curve of the quilisma itself, to which the virga stroke, representing the highest note, is attached. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
  • +Cap+ brownish yellow, 1½ to 3 inches broad, convex or nearly plane, viscid or glutinous when moist, often obscurely streaked (virgate). Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
  • Such a paideutike energeia, as Theodoret terms it, must be recognized in the poimainein; which our "Thou shalt rule," and the Latin "reges," only imperfectly give back; as, in regard of the Latin, Hilary (in Ps. ii.) urged long ago: "Reges eos in virga ferrea; quanquam ipsum reges non tyrannicum neque injustum sit, sed ex aequitatis ac moderationis arbitrio regimen rationale demonstret, tamen molliorem adhuc regentis affectum proprietas, Graeca significat. Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia.
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