Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THUN'DER, v.i.

1. To sound, rattle or roar, as an explosion of electricity. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Job xl.
2. To make a loud noise, particularly a heavy sound of some continuance. His dreadful voice no more / Would thunder in my ears. Milton.
3. To rattle, or give a heavy rattling sound. And roll the thund'ring chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull.