Thun"der, v. t. To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to
publish, as a threat or denunciation.
Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear.
Dryden.
An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical
censure.
Ayliffe.
Thun"der*bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird
(Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black
and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also
white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush,
guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
Thun"der*bolt` (?), n. 1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of
electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from
the clouds to the earth.