Storial
Sto″ri‐al (?), a. Historical. Chaucer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Storied
Sto″ried (?), a. [From Story.] 1. Told in a story.2. Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past.Some greedy ...
Storier
Sto″ri‐er (?), n. A relater of stories; an historian. Bp. Peacock.
Storify
Sto″ri‐fy (?), v. t. [Story + -fy.] To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.
Stork
Stork (?), n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah, Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. � a vulture.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large wading bir...
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, prostrat...
Storm (2)
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; a...
Storm (3)
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; ...
Storm (4)
Storm (?), n. — Anticyclonic storm(Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a dir...
Storm-beat
Storm″–beat′ (?), a. Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. Spenser.
Stormcock
Storm″cock′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The missel thrush. (b) The fieldfare. (c) The green woodpecker.
Stormfinch
Storm″finch′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The storm petrel.
Stormful
Storm″ful (?), a. Abounding with storms. “The stormful east.” Carlyle. — Storm″ful‐ness, n.
Stormglass
Storm″glass′ (?), n. A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc.,...
Stormily
Storm″i‐ly (?), adv. In a stormy manner.
Storminess
Storm″i‐ness, n. The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.
Storming
Storm″ing, a. & n. from Storm, v.Storming party(Mil.), a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress.
Stormless
Storm″less, a. Without storms. Tennyson.
Stormwind
Storm″wind′ (?), n. A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm. Longfellow.
Stormy
Storm″y (?), a. [Compar.Stormier (?); superl.Stormiest.] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous...
Storthing
‖Stor″thing (?), n. [Norw. storting; stor great + ting court, court of justice; cf. Dan. ting, thing.] The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years,...
Storven
Stor″ven (?), obs.p. p. of Starve. Chaucer.
Story
Sto″ry (?), n.; pl.Stories (#). [OF. estoré, estorée, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See Store, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; ...
Story (2)
Sto″ry, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See History.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a...
Story (3)
Sto″ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Storied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Storying.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.How worthy he i...
Story-teller
Sto″ry–tell′er (?), n. 1. One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller.2. An historian; — in contempt. Swift.3. A e...