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making, or being 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.

Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. Byron.

Noisy. [Obs.] Marsion.

In a loud manner. Denham.

The quality or state of being loud.

With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice. Isa. lviii. 1.

To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud. If thou becloud the sunshine of thine eye. Quarles.

le vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13.

Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary. Cowper. So vanished my cloud-built palace. Goldsmith.

A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.

Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.

Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. [Poetic.] Pope.

Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [R.] A scudding cloudage of shapes. Coleridge.

A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamæmerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.

In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely. Dryden.

The state of being cloudy.

A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

Dreamland.

Without a cloud; clear; bright. A cloudless winter sky. Bankroft. -- Cloud"less*ly, adv. -- Cloud"less*ness, n.