the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Storm
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.
(2):
(n.) A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
(3):
(n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.
(4):
(n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
(5):
(v. i.) To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.
(6):
(v. i.) To raise a tempest.
(7):
(v. t.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.
(8):
(v. i.) To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; - used impersonally; as, it storms.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Storm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/storm.html. 1828.
