onding

onding
\\ˈänˌdiŋ\ noun (-s)
Etymology: on (II) + ding, v. (to beat) (after the verb phrase ding on)
chiefly Scotland : a heavy fall of rain or snow

the rain was such an onding by now — Maristan Chapman

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/on"ding/, n. Scot.
the act of continued outpouring or falling; a continuing torrent, as of rain.
[1770-80; ON + DING2]

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onˈding noun (Scot)
Onset, esp a sudden fall of rain or snow
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