Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The attempt to produce rainfall by some mechanical or other means. See
rain-maker , 2. The planting of forests or the formation of ponds, lakes, and swamps by irrigation so as to increase the rainfall is one of the methods used.
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Examples
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Of all their considerable skills, the art of rain-making reigned supreme.
Donna Henes: April Showers: How To Make Rain Donna Henes 2011
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Of all their considerable skills, the art of rain-making reigned supreme.
Donna Henes: April Showers: How To Make Rain Donna Henes 2011
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In 1891, it hired retired Brigadier General Robert Dyrenforth, a firm believer, to conduct a series of rain-making experiments in Texas to try and settle the argument once and for all.
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The story differs slightly in various Huichol communities but Lumholtz observed a special rain-making feast at the conclusion of which messengers were sent out in the four directions with votive offerings to be deposited in sacred places, one of which was the Laguna de Magdalena, about a week's journey south of Huichol country.
How the Huichol Indians brought their art to Lake Chapala 2007
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The story differs slightly in various Huichol communities but Lumholtz observed a special rain-making feast at the conclusion of which messengers were sent out in the four directions with votive offerings to be deposited in sacred places, one of which was the Laguna de Magdalena, about a week's journey south of Huichol country.
How the Huichol Indians brought their art to Lake Chapala 2007
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Beyond the wife of a former president and a few rain-making lawyers, the cabinet is heavy with public servants.
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I mean, this has been a giant rain-making machine.
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So, one might believe that the Songkran customs of throwing water is actually a rain-making idea.
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Indeed, one rain-making attempt went awry earlier this year when a rocket fell through a villager's roof in northern China.
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His work has shown that the art played a fundamental part in the religious lives of its painters, revealing a world behind the rock face where shamans could draw power and bring it back for healing, rain-making and capturing game.
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