Reverse Dictionary: WINTER

ADJECTIVES
► BACKENDISH of weather: proper to autumn or winter; autumnal, wintry, rough → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► DORMITIVE sleeping through the winter → 1694 obs.
► HIBERNAL pert. to or proper to winter; appearing in winter → E17
► HIEMAL ► HYEMAL belonging to winter → M16
► HIEMATICAL belonging to winter → 1632 obs. rare
► OPEN of the winter: mild, not frosty; without snow → 1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► BLUEBIRD WEATHER sunny, fine weather in winter → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUE-DAY a day which is bleak and frosty; a clear, cold, wintry day → Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► CLOSED WINTER a hard winter, one characterized by heavy snowfalls and blizzards → 1933 Amer. dial.
► DEAD TIME OF YEAR, THE mid-winter → Bk1900 Sc.
► DEEP the middle of winter, or of night, when the cold, stillness, or darkness it most intense; the ‘depth’ → 1530 obs.
► EQUALIZER a severe winter → 1964 Amer. dial.
► GANDAYS ► GAUNDAYS the last fortnight of winter (last two weeks of January), and the first fortnight of spring → 1825 Sc. obs.
► HAWK, THE the wind, esp. that of winter; cold weather; winter → 1946 Amer. dial.
► HAWKINS the wind, esp. that of winter; cold weather; winter → 1958  Amer. dial.
► HIBERNACLE a winter retreat → E18
► HIBERNACULUM a greenhouse for wintering plants → L17 obs.
► HOWE the depth or middle of winter, the night, etc. → 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► KING WINTER winter → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► LADENIN TIME the time of laying in winter provisions → Bk1902 Sc.
► NORWEGIAN SUMMER a mild winter → 1950 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► SNOWBIRD a fan of winter weather and/or winter sports → 1920s US sl.

PHRASES
► BETWEEN GRASS AND HAY between summer and winter → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NE’ER CAST A CLOUT TILL MAY IS OUT do not stop wearing warm winter clothes until the end of May → Bk1999 
► NO MORE HEAT IN THE SUN THAN A YELLOW DOG describing a cold winter day → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WINTER NEVER ROTS IN THE SKY though spring may be here at last, there is always a chance of winterlike weather around the corner → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BUTTON UP FOR THE WINTER to get ready for winter, making sure storm windows and doors are in place, etc. → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► EAT SNOWBALLS to stay in the north during the winter – many tramps wintered in the warmer south → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► GO OUT to emerge from winter quarters → 1939 Amer. dial.
► HIEMATE ► HYEMATE to pass the winter, to hibernate → 1623 rare
► LATIBULIZE to retire into a hiding place or retreat for the winter → 1802
► PERHIEMATE to spend or pass the winter → 1623 obs.