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1861 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STORM.14 (Noah Webster)
2. To blow with violence; impersonally; as, it storms.
1862 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STORM.15 (Noah Webster)
3. To rage; to be in a violent agitation of passion; to fume. The master storms.
1863 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STORM-BEAT.1 (Noah Webster)
STORM-BEAT, a. [storm and beat.] Beaten or impaired by storms.
1864 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STORMED.1 (Noah Webster)
STORMED, pp. Assaulted by violence.
1865 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STORMING.1 (Noah Webster)
STORMING, ppr. Attacking with violent force; raging.
1866 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBSIDE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to become tranquil. Let the passions subside. The tumults of war will subside. Christ commanded, and the storm subsided.
1867 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCCEED.8 (Noah Webster)
2. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous termination. The enemy attempted to take the fort by storm, but did not succeed. The assault was violent, but the attempt did not succeed.
1868 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SURLY.5 (Noah Webster)
Now soften’d into joy the surly storm.
1869 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SWELL.29 (Noah Webster)
3. A wave or billow; more generally, a succession of large waves; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. Swell is also used to denote the waves or fluctuation of the sea after a storm, and the waves that roll in and break upon the shore.
1870 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAIL.12 (Noah Webster)
10. The extremity or last end; as the tail of a storm.
1871 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAKE.74 (Noah Webster)
The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to take for the destroying of sinners.
1872 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TEMPEST.2 (Noah Webster)
… , a storm, a tempest; but gale is also used as synonymous with storm, and storm with tempest. Gust is usually applied to a sudden blast of short duration. A tempest …
1873 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TEMPEST-BEATEN.2 (Noah Webster)
Beaten or shattered with storms.
1874 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THREATEN.8 (Noah Webster)
5. To exhibit the appearance of something evil or unpleasant approaching; as, the clouds threaten us with rain or a storm.
1875 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THUNDER-STORM.1 (Noah Webster)
THUNDER-STORM, n. [thunder and storm.] A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder. Thunder clouds are often driven by violent winds. In America, the violence …
1876 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THUNDER-STORM.2 (Noah Webster)
THUNDER-STORM, v.t. [thunder and strike.]
1877 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TRY-SAIL.1 (Noah Webster)
TRY-SAIL, n. A sail used by a ship in a storm; literally the strain-sail.
1878 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TURMOIL.6 (Noah Webster)
It is her fatal misfortune--to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.
1879 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TURN.89 (Noah Webster)
11. To change to acid; as, mild turns suddenly during a thunder storm.
1880 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VIOLENCE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Physical force; strength of action or motion; as the violence of a storm; the violence of a blow or of a conflict.