Ellen G. White Writings

1821 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ONSET.2 (Noah Webster)

1. A rushing or setting upon; a violent attack; assault; a storming; appropriately, the assault of an army or body of troops upon an enemy or a fort.

1822 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ONSLAUGHT.1 (Noah Webster)

ONSLAUGHT, n. on’slaut. [on and slay.] Attack; storm; onset. [Not used.]

1823 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OUTSTORM.1 (Noah Webster)

OUTSTORM, v.t. To overbear by storming.

1824 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PIRRY.1 (Noah Webster)

PIRRY, n. A rough gale of wind; a storm. [Not used.]

1825 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PORT.2 (Noah Webster)

… by storms. Ports may be natural or artificial, and sometimes works of art, as piers and moles, are added to the natural shores of a place to render a harbor more …

1826 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRECURSOR.2 (Noah Webster)

A cloud in the southwest, in winter, is often the precursor of a snow storm. A hazy atmosphere in the west, at sunset, is often the precursor of a cloudy or of a rainy day.

1827 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRECURSOR.3 (Noah Webster)

Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul.

1828 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREVIOUS.2 (Noah Webster)

Sound from the mountain, previous to the storm,

1829 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROUD.9 (Noah Webster)

Storms of stones from the proud temple’s height.

1830 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECENT.7 (Noah Webster)

5. Fresh; not long dismissed, released or parted from; as Ulysses, recent from the storms.

1831 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RIDE.14 (Noah Webster)

To ride out, as a gale, signifies that a ship does not drive during a storm.

1832 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROAR.13 (Noah Webster)

4. The loud continued sound of the sea in a storm, or the howling of a tempest.

1833 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROUGHNESS.15 (Noah Webster)

13. Violent agitation by wind; as the roughness of the sea in a storm.

1834 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUN.10 (Noah Webster)

7. To move or pass on the water; to sail; as, ships run regularly between New York and Liverpool. Before a storm, run into a harbor, or under the lee of the land. The ship has run ten knots an hour.