all-shaking
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From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
exhale hard
From this reading Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
cataractsnounUS /ˈkætərækts/
plural of “cataract” — an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
cocksnounUS /kɑːks/
plural of “cock” — obscene terms for penis
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
couriersnounUS /ˈkɜːriərz/
plural of “courier” — a person who carries a message
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
crackverbUS /kræk/
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
drenchedadjectiveUS /drentʃt/
abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
drownedverbUS /draʊnd/
past form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
DUCKING-STOOL
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From this reading THE DUCKING-STOOL.
firesnounUS /ˈfaɪərz/
plural of “fire” — the event of something burning (often destructive)
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
hurricanesnounUS /ˈhɜːrəkeɪnz/
plural of “hurricane” — a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
oak-cleaving
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From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
rotunditynoun
the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
SingeverbUS /sɪndʒ/
burn superficially or lightly
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
spoutverbUS /spaʊt/
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
steeplesnounUS /ˈstiːpəlz/
plural of “steeple” — a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
sulphurousadjective
of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DUCKING-STOOL.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
thought-executing
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From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
thunderbolts
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From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
up to a particular time
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
Vauntnoun
extravagant self-praise
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
a Caucasian
From this reading You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head!
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
