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Emitting thunder. Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull.

An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman.

ut, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc. Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street. Tennyson. Whzt cheer Now do you fare What is there that is cheering

partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. Keble. Dun crow (Zoöl.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy. -- Dun diver (Zoöl.), the goosander or merga…

Thundering; fulminating. [R.] Bailey.

Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.

The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.

Thundering; striking terror. Cotgrave.

A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.

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.

the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral. That fear Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution, On my defenseless head. Milton.

Armed scythes, as a chariot. Chariots scythed, On thundering axles rolled. Glover.