like hail, thick as hail
like hail, φόνος χ. blood thick as hail (cf. χάλαζα I fin.), Pi. I. 5(4).50; συρμός AP 6.221 (Leon.); ὀϊστοί Nonn. D. 18.232.
II whose sting causes an icy chill
σκορπίος χ. a scorpion whose sting causes an icy chill, Nic. Th. 13.