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ˈthunder-cloud
A storm-cloud charged with electricity, that sends forth thunder and lightning.
1697W. Dampier Voy. I. iv. 79 These Tornadoe's commonly come against the wind.., as our Thunder-Clouds are often observed to do. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho l, The thunder-clouds, being dispersed, had left the sky perfectly serene. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 155 God's judgments rolled round like a thunder-cloud. 1871tr. Schellen's Spectr. Anal. §7. 21 When the electric spark flashes from the thunder-cloud to the earth.
b. fig. Something threatening or dreadful figured as a cloud.
1783Cowper Valediction 76 To scenes where competition, envy, strife, Beget no thunder-clouds to trouble life. 1898N. & Q. 9th Ser. II. 138/2 The black thunder-cloud of Spain overshadowed half the heavens. |