Search for: STORMS
1801 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.
1802 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FORCED.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Compelled; impelled; driven by violence; urged; stormed; ravished.
1803 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FORCING.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Compelling; impelling; driving; storming; ravishing.
1804 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.
1805 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.
1806 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FURY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Rage; a storm of anger; madness; turbulence.
1807 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GALE.2 (Noah Webster)
… , a storm or tempest. They say, the ship carried away her top-mast in a gale, or gale of wind; the ship rode out the gale. But the word is often qualified, as a hard or strong …
1808 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GRUMBLE.6 (Noah Webster)
3. To rumble; to roar; to make a harsh and heavy sound; as grumbling thunder; a grumbling storm. [In this sense, rumble is generally used.]
1809 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HAIL.1 (Noah Webster)
… or storms. These masses consist of little spherules united, but not all of the same consistence; some being as hard and solid as perfect ice; others soft, like …
1810 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HARBOR.5 (Noah Webster)
3. An asylum; a shelter; a place of safety from storms or danger.
1811 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HASTE.8 (Noah Webster)
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Psalm 55:8 .
1812 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HUFF.9 (Noah Webster)
1. To bluster; to swell with anger, pride or arrogance; to storm.
1813 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HULL.5 (Noah Webster)
To strike a hull, in a storm, is to take in the sails, and lash the helm on the lee-side of a ship.
1814 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HUMOROUS.5 (Noah Webster)
Rough as a storm, and humorous as the wind.
1815 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HURRICANE.2 (Noah Webster)
… violent storm of wind, occurring often in the West Indies, and sometimes in higher northern latitudes, and on the coast of the United States, as far north as …
1816 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HUSH.3 (Noah Webster)
My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.
1817 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IMPREGNABLE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; that cannot be reduced by force; able to resist attack; as an impregnable fortress.
1818 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INCREASE.4 (Noah Webster)
2. To become more violent; as, the fever increases; the pain increases; cold, wind or a storm increases.
1819 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDICATE.2 (Noah Webster)
… a storm at a distance. A particular kind of cloud in the west at evening, indicates the approach of rain.
1820 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTEMPERATENESS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Immoderate degree of any quality in the weather, as in cold, heat or storms.