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3861 Etymology dictionary, p. tail (n.1).4
Extended to many things resembling a tail in shape or position; by late 14c. as "hinder, bottom, or concluding part" in space or time of a text, a storm, etc. As an adjective from 1670s.
3862 Etymology dictionary, p. tea-cup (n.).2
also teacup, "cup in which tea is served," 1700, from tea + cup (n.). The metaphoric storm in a tea-cup is attested by 1775 (compare tea-pot ).
3863 Etymology dictionary, p. tea-pot (n.).2
… ; metaphoric storm in a tea - cup is attested by 1775). The U.S. Teapot Dome scandal erupted in 1922.
3864 Etymology dictionary, p. tempest (n.).2
… tempeste "storm; commotion, battle; epidemic, plague" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *tempesta, from Latin tempestas "a storm, commotion; weather, season; occasion, time …
3865 Etymology dictionary, p. tempest (n.).3
Latin sense evolution is from "period of time" to "period of weather," to "bad weather" to "storm." Words for "weather" originally were words for "time" in languages from Russia to Brittany.
3866 Etymology dictionary, p. tempest (n.).4
… , e.g. storm in a creambowl (1670s).
3867 Etymology dictionary, p. tempestuous (adj.).2
… and storm," from Late Latin tempestuosus "stormy, turbulent," from Latin tempestas, tempestus "storm, commotion; weather, season; occasion, time," related to tempus …
3868 Etymology dictionary, p. thunderstorm (n.).2
also thunder-storm, 1560s, from thunder (n.) + storm (n.).
3869 Etymology dictionary, p. typhoon (n.).2
… "violent storm, whirlwind, tornado," 1550s, from Greek typhon "whirlwind," personified as a giant, father of the winds, probably [Beekes] from or related to typhein …
3870 Etymology dictionary, p. typhoon (n.).3
… titanic storms in the East Indies, first appears in Europe in Portuguese in the mid-16th century. It apparently is from tufan, a word in Arabic, Persian, and Hindi …
3871 Etymology dictionary, p. typhoon (n.).4
… or storm" and also for Noah's Flood. Chinese (Cantonese) tai fung "a great wind" also might have influenced the form or sense of the word in English, and that term …
3872 Etymology dictionary, p. *we-.4
… "tempest, storm;" Old Irish feth "air;" Welsh gwynt, Breton gwent "wind."
3873 Etymology dictionary, p. weather (v.).2
"come through safely," 1650s, from weather (n.). The notion is of a ship riding out a storm. Sense of "wear away by exposure" is from 1757. Related: Weathered; weathering. Old English verb wederian meant "exhibit a change of weather."
3874 Etymology dictionary, p. weather (n.).2
… Wetter "storm, wind, weather"), traditionally said to be from PIE *we-dhro-, "weather" (source also of Lithuanian vėtra "storm," Old Church Slavonic vedro "good weather …
3875 Etymology dictionary, p. weather (n.).4
… for "storm" and "winter," but no generic word for "weather" until kairos (literally "time") began to be used as such in Byzantine times. Latin tempestas "weather" (see …
3876 Etymology dictionary, p. whistle (v.).2
… a storm" [Century Dictionary]. To whistle "Dixie" is from 1940.
3877 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abimelech.6
… was storming the citadel of Thebez, into which the defeated rebels had retreated, after that city also had been taken ( Judges 9:50 - 53 ). Finding that he was mortally …
3878 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agriculture.21
… severe storm of rain and hail ( Exodus 9:25 ) has destroyed the young shoots. Then a second sowing is made. In April, if the hot east winds have not blasted the grain …
3879 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ahaz.10
… political storm having blown over for the present, with the final loss of the important port of Elath on the Red Sea ( 2 Kings 16:6 ), Ahaz turned his attention to …
3880 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alexandria.9
… "love storms" and pastoral poetry date from this period (Mahaffy); yet the literature of the Augustan Age cannot be understood "without due appreciation of …