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As every sailor knows, a spicy gale in the tropic latitudes of the Pacific is far different from a tempest in the howling North Atlantic.
They awaited the word "forward"—awaited, too, with beating hearts and set teeth the gusts of lead and iron that were to smite them at their first movement in obedience to that word. The word was not given; the tempest did not break out.
Oh! dark lowered the clouds on that horrible eve,
And the moon dimly gleamed through the tempested air.
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Tempest — Tem pest, v. t. [Cf. OF. tempester, F. temp[^e]ter to rage.] To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tempest — (Темпест) англоязычное слово, обозначающее бурю. Также может означать: Tempest класс гоночных яхт международного класса конструктора Яна Проктора. Tempest английский истребитель фирмы Хоукер времён Второй мировой войны. Буря / Tempest (1997/1998) … Википедия
tempest — [tem′pist] n. [ME < OFr tempeste < VL * tempesta, for L tempestas, portion of time, weather, a calamity, storm, tempest < tempus, time: see TEMPER] 1. a violent storm with high winds, esp. one accompanied by rain, hail, or snow 2. a… … English World dictionary
Tempest — Tem pest, v. i. To storm. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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