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Rain
·noun & ·v <<Reign>>. II. Rain ·vt To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds. I...

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Rain
There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, 1) Yoreh (Hos. 6:3), or...

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Rain
In the Bible "early rain" signifies the rain of the autumn, (11:14) and "latter rain" the rain of sp...

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Cloud
·noun A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. II. Cloud ·noun A mass or volume of smoke, or ...

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Cloud
The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbo...

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cloud
Tobacco. Under a cloud; in adversity. ...

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cloud
A collection of vapours suspended in the atmosphere. Also, under a cloud of canvas. ...

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Cloud
The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence i...

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Rain-tight
·adj So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof. ...

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rain-bird
n. The name is popularly given inmany parts of the world to various birds. The Rain-birdof Queensla...

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rain-gauge
See pluviometer ...

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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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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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fall cloud
See stratus. ...

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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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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...

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