WordNet
tempest-tost
adj. pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn: buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest-swept]
Wikipedia
Tempest-Tost
Tempest-Tost, published in 1951 by Clarke Irwin, is the first novel in The Salterton Trilogy by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. The other two novels are Leaven of Malice ( 1954) and A Mixture of Frailties ( 1958). The series was also published in one volume as The Salterton Trilogy in 1986.
The trilogy revolves around the residents of the imaginary town of Salterton, Ontario.
Usage examples of "tempest-tost".
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!