A.hail (cf. Pl.Ti.59e, Arist.Mu.394b1), “ὄμβρον . . ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν” Il.10.6, cf. 15.170, Apoc.8.7, etc.: pl., X. Oec.5.18, Pl.Smp.188b, R.397a; “χ. στρογγύλαι” hailstones, Ar.Nu. 1127(troch.); “ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν . . ἄπαγε σεαυτόν” Id.Ra.852: metaph., any pelting shower, “ὀμβρία χ.” S.OC1503; “χ. αἵματος” Pi.I.7(6).27.
II. any small knot like a hailstone,
2. small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, Gal. 19.437, Poll.4.198, etc.
3. a knot or hard lump; in an egg, Arist.HA560a28; in coal, Thphr.Sign.25; in ivory, Philostr.VA 2.13; “λίθοι χαλάζης” crystals, 1Enoch14.9,10. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Little Russian oželeda 'sleet, ice'.)