NIMBUS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.

2.
n.

A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.


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