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From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (hailstone), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail +‎ stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (hailstone), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (hailstone), Dutch hagelsteen (hailstone), German Low German Hagelsteen (hailstone), German Hagelstein (hailstone), Swedish hagelsten (hailstone), Icelandic haglsteinn (hailstone).

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hailstone (plural hailstones)

  1. A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation

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