Search for: STORMS
1781 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISLODGE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To remove or drive from a lodge or place or rest; to drive from the place where a thing naturally rests or inhabits. Shells resting int he sea at a considerable depth, are not dislodged by storms.
1782 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISMAST.1 (Noah Webster)
DISMAST, v.t. [dis and mast.] To deprive of a mast or masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismated the ship.
1783 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DREAD.12 (Noah Webster)
DREAD, v.t. To fear in a great degree; as, to dread the approach of a storm.
1784 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DREADFUL.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable; as a dreadful storm, or dreadful night.
1785 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRIVE.26 (Noah Webster)
2. To rush and press with violence; as, a storm drives against the house.
1786 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ELM.2 (Noah Webster)
… a storm in 1810, at which time its stem measured 24 feet in circumference.
1787 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENGENDER.5 (Noah Webster)
Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there.
1788 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EQUINOCTIAL.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as an equinoctial gale or storm, which happens at or near the equinox, in any part of the world.
1789 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ERR.9 (Noah Webster)
A storm of strokes, well meant, with fury flies,
1790 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ESCAPE.12 (Noah Webster)
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Psalm 55:8 .
1791 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ESTUARY.1 (Noah Webster)
ESTUARY, n. [L. oestuarium, from oestuo, to boil or foam, oestus, heat, fury, storm.]
1792 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FEAR.22 (Noah Webster)
1. To feel a painful apprehension of some impending evil; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotions of alarm or solicitude. We fear the approach of an enemy or of a storm. We have reason to fear the punishment of our sins.
1793 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FLURRY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A sudden blast or gust, or a light temporary breeze; as a flurry of wind. It is never with us applied to a storm of duration.
1794 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FOLLOW.7 (Noah Webster)
5. To succeed in order of time; to come after; as a storm is followed by a calm.
1795 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FORCE.24 (Noah Webster)
6. To storm; to assault and take by violence; as, to force a town or fort.
1796 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FORCED.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Compelled; impelled; driven by violence; urged; stormed; ravished.
1797 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FORCING.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Compelling; impelling; driving; storming; ravishing.
1798 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FORLORN.9 (Noah Webster)
Forlorn hope, properly, a desperate case; hence in military affairs, a detachment of men appointed to lead in an assault, to storm a counterscarp, enter a breach, or perform other service attended with uncommon peril.
1799 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FURIOUS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.
1800 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FURY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Rage; a storm of anger; madness; turbulence.