storm-drum

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• Drum

  ·vi To throb, as the heart. II. Drum ·noun A tea party; a kettledrum. III. Drum ·vt To execute on ...

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• drum

  n. a bundle; more usually calleda swag (q.v.). 1866. Wm. Starner, `Recollections of a Life of Adve...

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• drum

  See storm-drum. ...

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• Storm

  ·vi To raise a tempest. II. Storm ·noun A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous ...

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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...

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• Bass drum

  ·- The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. ...

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• Drum major

  ·- ... II. Drum major ·- The marching leader of a military band. III. Drum major ·- A noisy gather...

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• Drum winding

  ·add. ·- A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinde...

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• hum drum

  A hum drum fellow; a dull tedious narrator, a bore; also a set of gentlemen, who (Bailey says) used ...

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• mire-drum

  a bittern. Norf. ...

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• banded-drum

  See grunter. ...

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• drum-capstan

  A contrivance for weighing heavy anchors, invented by Sir S. Morland, who died in 1695. ...

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• muffled drum

  The sound is thus damped at funerals: passing the spare cord, which is made of drummer's plait (to c...

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• Storm-beat

  ·adj Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. ...

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• snow-storm

  a continued snow so long as it lies on the ground. North. ...

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• gowk-storm

  Late vernal equinoctial gales contemporary with the gowk or cuckoo. ...

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• magnetic storm

  An extraordinary magnetic action indicated by delicate magnetometers in a magnetic observatory, not ...

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• storm, to

  To take by vigorous assault, in spite of the resistance of the defenders. ...

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• storm-breeders

  Heavy cumulo-stratus clouds. ...

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• storm-finch

  The petrel, or Mother Cary's chicken. ...

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• storm-jib

  In cutters, the fifth or sixth size: the inner jib of square-rigged ships. ...

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• storm-kite

  A contrivance for sending a hawser from a stranded vessel to the shore. ...

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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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• storm-signal

  The hoisting of a danger-flag. Also, Fitzroy's drum and cone, which show the direction of the expect...

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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...

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• storm-warning

  See forecast. ...

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• storm-wave

  A wave which tumbles home without being accompanied by wind. Sometimes the result of a gale elsewher...

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• mire-bumper and mire-drum

  North-country names of the bittern. ...

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• any port in a storm

  signifies contentment with whatever may betide. ...

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