n. [ OE. shour, schour, AS. se&unr_;r; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc&unr_;r, Icel. sk&unr_;r, Sw. skur, Goth. sk&unr_;ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin. ]
In drought or else showers. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
With showers of stones he drives them far away. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shower bath,
v. t.
Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
C&unr_;sar's favor,
That showers down greatness on his friends. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Full of showers. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being showery. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Rainless; freo from showers. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.