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Storm
·vi To raise a tempest.
II. Storm ·noun A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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storm
A violent wind; a tempest. Thus, 'a storm of wind' is correct language as the proper sense of the wo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Snow
·vt To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
II. Snow ·vi To fall in or as snow;
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow
Common in Palestine in winter (Ps. 147:16). The snow on the tops of the Lebanon range is almost alwa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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snow
Linen hung out to dry or bleach. Spice the snow; to steal the linen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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snow
A vessel formerly much in use. It differs slightly from a brig. It has two masts similar to the main...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Snow
This historical books of the Bible contain only two notices of snow actually falling- (2 Samuel 23:2...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Storm-beat
·adj Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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gowk-storm
Late vernal equinoctial gales contemporary with the gowk or cuckoo.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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magnetic storm
An extraordinary magnetic action indicated by delicate magnetometers in a magnetic observatory, not ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm, to
To take by vigorous assault, in spite of the resistance of the defenders.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-breeders
Heavy cumulo-stratus clouds.
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storm-drum
A canvas cylinder 3 feet in length, expanded at each end by a strong wooden hoop 3 feet in diameter....
The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-finch
The petrel, or Mother Cary's chicken.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-jib
In cutters, the fifth or sixth size: the inner jib of square-rigged ships.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-kite
A contrivance for sending a hawser from a stranded vessel to the shore.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-sail
A sail made of stout No. 1 canvas, of reduced dimensions, for use in a gale.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-signal
The hoisting of a danger-flag. Also, Fitzroy's drum and cone, which show the direction of the expect...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-trysail
A fore-and-aft sail, hoisted by a gaff, but having no boom at its foot, and only used in foul weathe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-warning
See forecast.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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storm-wave
A wave which tumbles home without being accompanied by wind. Sometimes the result of a gale elsewher...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Snow banner
·add. ·- A bannerlike stream of snow blown into the air from a mountain peak, often having a pinkish...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-blind
·adj Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-bound
·adj Enveloped in, or confined by, snow.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-broth
·noun Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-capped
·adj Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-white
·adj White as snow; very white.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow Hill
North-west out of Holborn Viaduct to the Central Meat Market in Smithfield, and to Farringdon Street...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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snow-grass
n.
Poa caespitosa,G. Forst., another name for Wiry grass (q.v.).See also Grass.
1875. Wood and Lap...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snow-line
n.
In pastoralists' language of NewZealand, «above the snow-line» is land covered by snow inwinter,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snow-bones
remnants of snow after a thaw. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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snow-bird
See ivory gull
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sersyns Head, Snow Hill
See Saracen's Head Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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any port in a storm
signifies contentment with whatever may betide.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Inn, Snow Hill
See King's Arms Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.