. The figure to represent a rock
is supposed to imply a rock jutting over, and affording shelter, and from this was formed the following to denote ‘a stone,’
, that is, as it were, a portion cut out of the rock; hence, to imply a heap of stones, the form
would readily suggest itself. On the same principle it would be very difficult to describe hail in a sketch; but, by considering it (if we may be allowed the term) as hardened water, they add to the character denoting rain the appearance of solid drops falling; thus, ‘rain’ is expressed by
and ‘hail’ thus