Crossword clues for tempests
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gale \Gale\ (g[=a]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[=o]la gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. Yell.]
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A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen (``moderate'') to about eighty (``very heavy'') miles an our.
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A moderate current of air; a breeze.
A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.
--Shak.And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings.
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A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale.
--Brooke (Eastford).Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of tempest English)
Wikipedia
"Tempests" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 7 March 1997, during the third season.
Usage examples of "tempests".
But what was wind to this Nautilus, which tempests could not frighten!
It fears neither the terrible tempests of the Red Sea, nor its currents, nor its sandbanks.
We were nearing those shores where tempests are so frequent, that country of waterspouts and cyclones actually engendered by the current of the Gulf Stream.
The magical tempests of Por-tolanus were quick in the summoning but took rather longer to dissipate.
I diought briefly on the puzzle from time to time, but put it out of my mind since the tempests furthered my own plans.
Lastly, the true religion commands us to put away all disquietude of heart and agitation of mind, and also all commotions and tempests of the soul, which Apuleius asserts to be continually swelling and surging in the souls of demons.
These turmoils and tempests banish them far from the tranquility of the Celestial gods.
I remember being told ages ago that on the American prairies, which of old had been swept by great tempests, the tempests gradually subsided when man went to reside there: so, if this be true, it would seem that the mere presence of man had a certain subduing or mesmerising effect on the innate turbulence of Nature, and his absence today may have taken off the curb.