Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: THUMP'ED – THURL
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THUMP'ED, pp.
Struck with something heavy.
THUMP'ER, n.
The person or thing that thumps.
THUMP'ING, ppr.
- Striking or beating with something thick or blunt.
- adj. Heavy.
- Vulgarly, stout; fat; large.
THUN'DER, n. [Sax. thunder, thunor; G. donner; D. donder; Sw. dunder; Dan. dundren; L. tonitru, from tono, to sound; Fr. tonnerre; It. tuono; Pers. ثُنْدُرْ thondor or thundur.]
- The sound which follows an explosion of electricity or lightning; the report of a discharge of electrical fluid, that is, of its passage from one cloud to another, or from a cloud to the earth, or from the earth to a cloud. When this explosion is near to a person, the thunder is a rattling or clattering sound, and when distant, the sound is heavy and rumbling. The fact is in some degree the same with the report of a cannon. This sharpness or acuteness of the sound when near, and the rumbling murmur when distant, are the principal distinctions in thunder. [Thunder is not lightning, but the effect of it. See Johnson's Dictionary, under thunder.] There were thunders and lightnings. Exod. xix.
- Thunder is used for lightning, or for a thunderbolt, either originally through ignorance, or by way of metaphor, or because the lightning and thunder are closely united. The revenging gods / 'Gainst parricides all the thunder bend. Shak.
- Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon. Sons of thunder. Mark iii.
- Denunciation published; as, the thunders of the Vatican.
THUN'DER, v.i.
- To sound, rattle or roar, as an explosion of electricity. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Job xl.
- To make a loud noise, particularly a heavy sound of some continuance. His dreadful voice no more / Would thunder in my ears. Milton.
- To rattle, or give a heavy rattling sound. And roll the thund'ring chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull.
THUN'DER, v.t.
- To emit with noise and terror. Oracles severe / Were daily thunder'd in our gen'ral's ear. Dryden.
- To publish any denunciation or threat. An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure. Ayliffe.
Blasted by thunder. Scott.
THUN'DER-BOLT, n. [thunder and bolt.]
- A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of the electrical fluid, passing from one part of the heavens to another, and particularly from the clouds to the earth. Ps. lxxviii.
- Figuratively, a daring or irresistible hero; as, the Scipios, those thunderbolts of war. Dryden.
- Fulmination; ecclesiastical denunciation. He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication. Hakewill.
- In mineralogy, thunder-stone. Spectator.
THUN'DER-BURST, n.
A burst of thunder. Hemans.
THUN'DER-CLAP, n. [thunder and chap.]
A burst of thunder; sudden report of an explosion or electricity. When suddenly the thunder-clap was heard. Dryden.
THUN'DER-CLOUD, n. [thunder and cloud.]
A cloud that produces lightning and thunder.
THUN'DER-ER, n.
He that thunders. Waller. Dryden.
THUN'DER-HOUSE, n.
An instrument for illustrating the manner in which buildings receive damage by lightning. Cyc.
THUN'DER-ING, n.
The report of an electrical explosion; thunder. Entreat the Lord that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail. Exod. ix.
THUN'DER-ING, ppr.
Making the noise of an electrical explosion; uttering a loud sound; fulminating denunciations.
THUN'DER-OUS, a.
Producing thunder. How he before the thunderous throne doth lie. Milton. [Little used.]
THUN'DER-SHOW-ER, n. [thunder and shower.]
A shower accompanied with thunder.
THUN'DER-STONE, n.
A stone, otherwise called brontia. Cyc.
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-STRIKE, v.t. [thunder and strike.]
- To strike, blast or injure by lightning. Sidney. [Little used in its literal sense.]
- To astonish or strike dumb, as with something terrible. [Little used except in the participle.]
THUN'DER-STRUCK, pp. [or adj.]
Astonished; amazed; struck dumb by something surprising or terrible suddenly presented to the mind or view. [This is a word in common use.]
THU'RI-BLE, n. [L. thuribulum, from thus, thuris, frankincense.]
A censer; a pan for incense. [Not in use.] Cowel.
THU-RIF'ER-OUS, a. [L. thurifer; thus and fero, to bear.]
Producing or bearing frankincense.
THU-RIF-IC-A'TION, n. [L. thus, thuris, and facio, to make.]
The act of fuming with incense; or the act of burning incense. Stillingfleet.
THURL, n.
A short communication between adits in mines. Brande.