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3841 Etymology dictionary, p. sackage (n.).2
"act of taking by storm and pillaging," 1570s, from French saccage "pillaging," from sac "bag" (see sack (v.1)).
3842 Etymology dictionary, p. scour (v.2).2
… skur "storm, shower, shower of missiles" (see shower (n.)). This was likely influenced by or blended with Old French escorre "to run out," from Latin excurrere (see excursion …
3843 Etymology dictionary, p. scud (v.).3
… of storm cloud," attested by 1660s. The noun also was the NATO reporting name for a type of Soviet missile introduced in the 1960s.
3844 Etymology dictionary, p. shower (n.1).2
… rain, storm, tempest; fall of missiles or blows; struggle, commotion; breeze," from Proto-Germanic *skuraz (source also of Old Norse skur, Old Saxon and Old Frisian …
3845 Etymology dictionary, p. snowstorm (n.).2
"storm with a fall of snow," 1771, from snow (n.) + storm (n.).
3846 Etymology dictionary, p. southerner (n.).2
"inhabitant or native of the south," 1817, American English, from southern + -er (1). Contrasted with Yankee by 1828. Compare Southron. Souther "wind, gale, or storm from the south" is by 1851.
3847 Etymology dictionary, p. southwest (adv.).3
Southwester "wind, gale, or storm out of the southwest" is by 1833; as sou'wester by 1836 as the name of a nautical coat that protects the wearer against severe weather.
3848 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (v.).1
storm (v.)
3849 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (v.).2
of the wind, "to rage, be violent, blow with great force," c. 1400, stormen, from storm (n.) or else from Old English had styrman, which is cognate with Dutch stormen, Old High German sturman, German stürmen, Danish storme.
3850 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (v.).3
… . Related: Stormed; storming. Italian stormire "make a noise" is from Germanic.
3851 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (n.).1
storm (n.)
3852 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (n.).2
… *sturmaz "storm" (source also of Old Norse stormr, Old Saxon, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch storm, Old High German sturm, German Sturm ).
3853 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (n.).5
To take (something) by storm (1680s) is from the military sense (for which see storm (v.)). The U.S. colloquial adverbial phrase _______ up a storm, meaning to do the indicated action with violent or vehement energy, is from 1946.
3854 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (n.).6
… 1824. Storm-cellar, for protection in violent storms, is byt 1929, American English. Storm-water "water from a storm" is from 1847; the coastal storm-surge is attested …
3855 Etymology dictionary, p. storm (n.).7
Storm-tossed (adj.) is from 1610s. Storm-bird for the petrel is by 1752. Storm-cloud, one that brings or threatens a storm, is by 1822.
3856 Etymology dictionary, p. storm-trooper (n.).1
storm-trooper (n.)
3857 Etymology dictionary, p. storm-trooper (n.).2
"member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung ," 1933, from storm (v.) + trooper (also see Sturmabteilung ). Storm-troops (1917) translates German sturmtruppen, introduced by the German military in World War I.
3858 Etymology dictionary, p. stour (n.).2
… *sturmaz "storm" (source also of Old High German sturm "storm; battle;" see storm (n.)). It was revived by Spenser and his imitators in various senses; also surviving …
3859 Etymology dictionary, p. Sturmabteilung (n.).2
paramilitary force of the Nazi Party, 1923, from German, literally "storm detachment;" founded 1921, repressed 1934, also know by its initials, S.A.; also see Brown Shirt .
3860 Etymology dictionary, p. Sturm und Drang (n.).2
… , see storm (n.) + throng (n.). The alliterative pairing of storm and stress in English is attested by 1630s.