A short, gusty downfall. Webster, 1828, N.E.D.
1833. We had two flurries on successive days; each of which, after covering the ground about an inch in depth, was succeeded by a bright glowing sky.—C. F. Hoffman, ‘A Winter in the Far West,’ i. 39 (Lond., 1835).
1836. Occasional flurries of snow.—W. Irving, ‘Astoria,’ iv. 91. (N.E.D.)
