Show"er (?), n. [OE. shour, schour, AS. se&?;r; akin to D. schoer, G.
schauer, OHG. sc&?;r, Icel. sk&?;r, Sw. skur, Goth. sk&?;ra windis a
storm of wind; of uncertain origin.] 1. A fall or rain or hail of short
duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
In drought or else showers.
Chaucer.
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
Milton.
2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air
copiously and rapidly.
With showers of stones he drives them far away.
Pope.