Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Blizzard

Blizzard (bliz"zẽrd) , noun

[Compare Blaze to flash. Formerly, in local use, a rattling volley; compare “to blaze away” to fire away.]

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast. [United States]
to blaze away