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winter
1. 
a. the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, astronomically from the December solstice to the March equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere
b. (as modifier): winter pasture
2. the period of cold weather associated with the winter

winter [′win·tər]
(astronomy)
The period from the winter solstice, about December 22, to the vernal equinox, about March 21; popularly and for most meteorological purposes, winter is taken to include December, January, and February in the Northern Hemisphere, and June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere.

Winter
Boreas
the north wind; associated with winter. [Rom. Myth.: Hall, 130]
crane
pictorial emblem in Buddhist tradition. [Animal Symbol-ism: Jobes, 378]
Ded Moroz
personification of winter; “Grandfather Frost.” [Russ. Folklore: Misc.]
goat
zodiacally belongs to December; hence, winter. [Astrology: Hall, 139]
Hiems
personification; portrayed as old and decrepit. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I: 322]
Jack Frost
personification of winter. [Pop. Culture: Misc.]
Old Man Winter
personification of winter. [Pop. Culture: Misc.]
old man wrapped in cloak
personification of winter. [Art: Hall, 130]
Persephone
the period of her stay (winter) with Hades. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 28]


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"Then," said D'Artagnan, "let us give the money to the lackeys, as Lord de Winter desired us to do.
When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.
So it was always Winter there, and the North Wind, and the Hail, and the Frost, and the Snow danced about through the trees.
 
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