meteoric : Idioms & Phrases

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Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone

  • . (Min.) See Meteorite.
Webster 1913

Meteoric paper

  • a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors.
Webster 1913

Meteoric showers

  • periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods.
Webster 1913