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 (?), 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, v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.] 1. To raise a tempest. Spenser.
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.