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Signal
·noun A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign. II. Signal ·vt To communicate by signals; as...

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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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Block signal
·add. ·- One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block s...

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Frost signal
·add. ·- A signal consisting of a white flag with a black center, used by the United States Weather ...

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Weather signal
·add. ·- Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weath...

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Wind signal
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...

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private signal
Understood by captains having the key, but totally incomprehensible to other persons. ...

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signal-man
The yeoman of the signals; a first-class petty officer in the navy. ...

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signal-officer
In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant. ...

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warning-signal
Hoisted to warn vessels not to pass a bar. Also, to warrant higher pay to watermen plying between Po...

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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-drum
A canvas cylinder 3 feet in length, expanded at each end by a strong wooden hoop 3 feet in diameter....

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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-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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signal of distress
When a ship is in imminent danger, she hoists her national flag upside down, and, if she is armed, f...

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any port in a storm
signifies contentment with whatever may betide. ...

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