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Black-necked stork , the East Indian jabiru. — Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India —
Giant stork, the adjutant. — Marabou stork. See Marabou. — Saddle-billed stork, the African
jabiru. See Jabiru. — Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium; — so called in allusion
to the beaklike prolongation of the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See Pelargonium.
Stork-billed
(Stork"-billed`) a. Having a bill like that of the stork.
Storm
(Storm) n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. assault,
onset, Skr. s to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. Stratum). &radic166.]
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.
We hear this fearful tempest sing,
Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. Shak. 2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or
war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
I will stir up in England some black storm. Shak.
Her sister
Began to scold and raise up such a storm. Shak. 3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.
A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. Pope. 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.
Storm is often used in the formation of self- explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof,
storm-tossed, and the like.
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. (Zoöl.) 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.
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.
Storms beat, and rolls the main;
O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. Pope.
What at first was called a gust, the same
Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. Donne. Storm
(Storm) 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.
Storm
(Storm), v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.]
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