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- noun Plural form of
storme .
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Examples
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Now was shee the onely sorrowfull woman of the world; for nothing was now to bee feared, but stormes and tempests, because
The Decameron 2004
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Against colde and other stormes, thei wrapped their bodies in felles, and hides of beastes, and Mice skinnes.
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When day appeared, and the violent stormes were more mildly appeased the Ladie, who seemed well-neere dead, lifted up her head, and began (weake as she was) to call first one, and then another: but shee called in vaine, for such as she named were farre enough from her.
The Decameron 2004
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Moreover, to fall into his wives tempestuous stormes of chiding, would bee worse to him then racking or torturing: he gladly therefore gave them money, to buy the two couple of Capons and Wine, being heartily contented likewise, that hee was so well delivered from them.
The Decameron 2004
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And that no stormes do them withstand by day or eke by night.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Indies often times, there are not stormes as in other countreys; but euery 10. or 12. yeeres there are such tempests and stormes, that it is a thing incredible, but to those that haue seene it, neither do they know certainly what yeere they wil come.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Third, because the nights waxed darke, and the winter began to draw on with his stormes: and therefore I resolued to take the first best wind that God should send, and plie towards the bay of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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What foole (saith he) ads to the Sea a drop, Lends _Etna_ sparks, or angry stormes his wind?
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Westnorthwest, the wind being at Eastnortheast: at night there grewe so terrible a storme, that we saw not the like, although we had indured many stormes since we came out of England.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Howbeit hauing skarce passed as yet the bounds of his owne countrey, he was immediatly by hard fortune tossed vp and downe with dangerous stormes and tempests, and was brought into such distresse, that he despaired euen of his owne life.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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