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Cloud
·noun A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.
II. Cloud ·noun A mass or volume of smoke, or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cloud
The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbo...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cloud
Tobacco. Under a cloud; in adversity.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cloud
A collection of vapours suspended in the atmosphere. Also, under a cloud of canvas.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cloud
The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fall
·vt To belong or appertain.
II. Fall ·noun The act of felling or cutting down.
III. Fall ·noun Dea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fall
The fall of the leaf; autumn; the time when the leaves drop from the trees.--Todd's Johnson. Webster...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fall
A vertical descent of a river through a narrow rocky pass, or over a ledge, to the impediment of nav...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fall! a fall!
The cry to denote that the harpoon has been effectively delivered into the body of a whale.
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Cloud-built
·adj Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.
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Cloud-burst
·noun A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
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Cloud-capped
·adj Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cloud-compeller
·noun Cloud-gatherer;
— an epithet applied to Zeus.
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curl-cloud
The same as cirrus (which see).
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rain-cloud
See nimbus.
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stacken cloud
The same as cumulus (which see).
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wane-cloud
See cirro-stratus.
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Jaw-fall
·noun Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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fair-fall
fare-well. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cat-fall
The rope rove for the cat-purchase, by which the anchor is raised to the cat-head or catted.
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fall, to
A town or fortress is said to fall when it is compelled to surrender to besiegers.
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fall-wind
A sudden gust.
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land-fall
Making the land. "A good land-fall" signifies making the land at or near the place to which the cour...
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let fall!
The order to drop a sail loosed from its gaskets, in order to set it.
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loose fall
The losing of a whale after an apparently good opportunity for striking it.
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tackle-fall
The part hauled upon in any tackle, simple or compound.
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wind-fall
A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good ...
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Cloud, Pillar Of
The pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night that God caused to pass before the camp of the child...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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fall astern, to
To lessen a ship's way so as to allow another to get ahead of her. To be driven backwards.
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fall back, to
To recede from any position previously occupied.
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fall calm, to
Speaking of the weather, implies a total cessation of the wind.
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fall down, to
To sail, drift, or be towed to some lower part nearer a river's mouth or opening.
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fall in, to
The order to form, or take assigned places in ranks. (See assembly.)
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fall out, to
To increase in breadth. Among soldiers and small-arm men, to quit the ranks of a company.
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fall aboard of, to
To strike another vessel, or have a collision with it. Usually applied to the motion of a disabled s...
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fall foul of, to
To reprimand severely. (See fall aboard of, to.)
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fall in with, to
To meet, when speaking of a ship; to discover, when speaking of the land.
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