American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Thunder-Storm

THUN’DER-STORM, n. [thunder and storm.] A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder. Thunder clouds are often driven by violent winds. In America, the violence of the wind at the commencement, is sometimes equal to that of a hurricane, and at this time the explosions of electricity are the most terrible. This violence of the wind seldom continues longer than a few minutes, and after this subsides, the rain continues, but the peals of thunder are less frequent. These violent showers sometimes continue for hours; more generally, they are of shorter duration.

THUN’DER-STORM, v.t. [thunder and strike.]

1. To strike, blast or injure by lightning. [Little used in its literal sense.]

2. To astonish or strike dumb, as with something terrible. [Little used except in the participle.]

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Thunder-Storm," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed November 28, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4LVSCJJ6P4R231E.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Thunder-Storm." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 28 Nov. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4LVSCJJ6P4R231E.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Thunder-Storm' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 28 November 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4LVSCJJ6P4R231E.