thunder-dirt | Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

Dirt
·noun Meanness; sordidness. II. Dirt ·noun In placer mining, earth, gravel, ·etc., before washing. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Thunder
·noun To utter violent denunciation. II. Thunder ·noun Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Thunder
Often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
dirt
n. In Australia, any alluvial deposit inwhich gold is found; properly Wash-dirt. The word isused in...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Thunder
is hardly ever heard in Palestine form the middle of April to the middle of September; hence it was ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Pay dirt
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Pay rock. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
thunder-bird
n. an early name for oneof the Thickheads (q.v.), or Pachycephalae (q.v.). See also quotation, 1896...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
to cut dirt
To run; to go fast. A vulgar expression, probably derived from the quick motion of a horse or carria...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
dirt-gabard
A large ballast-lighter. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
thunder squall
This is similar to the black squall, only that it is always preceded and attended by lightning and t...

The Sailor's Word-Book