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1761 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASSAULT.2 (Noah Webster)
… a storm, as opposed to sap or siege.
1762 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALANCE-REEF.1 (Noah Webster)
BALANCE-REEF, n. A reef band that crosses a sail diagonally, used to contract it in a storm.
1763 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEAT.30 (Noah Webster)
1. To dash with force, as a storm, flood, passion, etc.; as, the tempest beats against the house.
1764 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BESTORM.1 (Noah Webster)
BESTORM, v.i. [be and storm.] To storm; to rage. [Not used.]
1765 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BETOKEN.5 (Noah Webster)
2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.
1766 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOW.17 (Noah Webster)
To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease or be dissipated; as, the storm or the clouds are blown over.
1767 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOARD.17 (Noah Webster)
1. To enter a ship by force in combat, which answers to storming a city or fort on land.
1768 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREAK.49 (Noah Webster)
1. To burst; as, a storm or deluge breaks.
1769 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREW.8 (Noah Webster)
… , a storm brews in the west. In this sense I do not recollect the use of the verb, in a transitive sense, and generally the participle only is used; as, a storm is brewing …
1770 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREWING.2 (Noah Webster)
1. In a state of mixing, forming or preparing; as, a storm is brewing.
1771 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREWING.6 (Noah Webster)
2. Among seamen, a collection of black clouds portending a storm.
1772 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BUFFETING.4 (Noah Webster)
He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but formed for duration, and fitted to endure the buffetings of the rudest storm.
1773 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BULLS-EYE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A small obscure cloud, ruddy in the middle, portending a great storm.
1774 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CASTOR.5 (Noah Webster)
… the storm is yet to come. Two appearing at once are denominated Castor and Pollux, or Tyndaridoe, and portend a cessation of the storm.
1775 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CEASE.6 (Noah Webster)
3. To stop; to be at an end; as, the wonder ceases; the storm has ceased.
1776 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONJURATION.1 (Noah Webster)
… , allay storms, or perform supernatural or extraordinary acts.
1777 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COVERT.9 (Noah Webster)
A tabernacle--for a covert from storm and rain. Isaiah 4:6 .
1778 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAMAGE.4 (Noah Webster)
DAMAGE, v.t. To hurt or harm; to injure; to impair; to lessen the soundness, goodness or value of. Rain may damage corn or hay; a storm may damage a ship; a house is often damaged by fire, when it is not destroyed; heavy rains damage roads.
1779 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEAD-LIGHT.1 (Noah Webster)
DEAD-LIGHT, n. ded’-light. A strong wooden port, made to suit a cabin window, in which it is fixed, to prevent the water from entering a ship in a storm.
1780 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISABLE.5 (Noah Webster)
4. To destroy the strength; or to weaken and impair so as to render incapable of action, service or resistance. A fleet is disabled by a storm, or by a battle. A ship is disabled by the loss of her masts or spars.