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erized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. Tennyson. Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. Massinger. Hurricane bird (Zo…

ny way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.

am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear. When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain Shak.

uration; infinity; boundlessness. Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue infinite embrace us again. J. Martineau.

To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.

A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.

e trenches in or upon. It was this very sword intrenched it. Shak. His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. Milton.

An imaginary line, or a line on a chart, marking the simultaneous development of a thunderstorm, as noted by observing the time when the thunder is heard at different places.

eading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. Locke. Words of learned length and thundering sound. Goldsmith. The learned, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. -- Learn"ed*ly, adv. Learn"ed*ness, n. Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. Swift.

Lightning. [Obs.] Wild thunder dint and fiery leven. Chaucer.

Lightning. [Obs.] Spenser. Levin brand, a thunderbolt. [Obs.] Spenser.

ightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash. This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. Shak.

e sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

g a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder. They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. Luke xxiii. 23.

y against. Eternal might To match with their inventions they presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn. Milton.

A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.

At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly. J. Philips. Minutely proclaimed in thunder from heaven. Hammond.

To sound with a low, rumbling noise. Thick lightings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. Pope.

make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop. [R.] "Peace your tattlings." Shak. When the thunder would not peace at my bidding. Shak.

A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. "A fair peal of artillery." Hayward. Whether those peals of praise be his or no. Shak. And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar. Byron.