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n. [ Barn + storm, v. ] 1. An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. -- Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant] [1913 Webster]

2. an aviator who flies an airplane from place to place, usually at small airports, doing flying stunts or flying passengers for sightseeing, for the purpose of earning money. It was a practise common in the early days of aviation, but by late 20th century was seldom encountered. [PJC]

v. i. & t. To storm. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation; a sudden brilliant insight.
Syn. -- insight, brainwave. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. to try to solve a problem by discussing it exhaustively in an intense group meeting encouraging uninhibited and spontaneous contributions from all members.
Syn. -- practice brainstorming. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A strong windstorm that lifts particles of dust or dry soil into the air and blows them around, covering land or objects with a thick layer of dust. Dust storms may occur in arable areas during periods of drought; when a similar storm occurs in a desert area, such a storm is called a sandstorm. [ PJC ]

n. A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sw. ] See Varnpligtige. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To exceed in storming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies. J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A storm with falling snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. &unr_; assault, onset, Skr. s&unr_; to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. Stratum). √166. ] 1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. [ 1913 Webster ]

We hear this fearful tempest sing,
Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will stir up in England some black storm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her sister
Began to scold and raise up such a storm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also high-area storm, anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran, etc. --
Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See Cyclone, above. --
Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic. --
Storm-and-stress period [ a translation of G. sturm und drang periode ], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century. --
Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent. --
Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer. --
Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels. --
Storm petrel. (Zool.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel. --
Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather. --
Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity. -- Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Storms beat, and rolls the main;
O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

What at first was called a gust, the same
Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stormed p. pr. & vb. n. Storming. ] (Mil.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. AS. styrman. ] 1. To raise a tempest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume. [ 1913 Webster ]

The master storms, the lady scolds. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The missel thrush. (b) The fieldfare. (c) The green woodpecker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The storm petrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding with storms. “The stormful east.” Carlyle. -- Storm"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a stormy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Storm, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Storming party (Mil.), a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without storms. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Stormier superl. Stormiest. ] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. “Beyond the stormy Hebrides.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

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