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Waterspout

noun

A tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist.

A heavy rain. Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent.

A channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof).

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"Waterspout" Quotes from Famous Books

... truth. A great waterspout lifted me out of the river. Then a fierce wind caught me and blew me about as if I were a feather. Finally, I was dropped here within ...

— Children's Classics In Dramatic Form • Augusta Stevenson

... fancy of the builder; sunshine and storm had stained it grayish brown, and no tint could better harmonize with the background and surroundings. In one corner of the stoop a tin wash-basin stood under a waterspout in the sink; there swung the family towels; the public comb, hanging by its teeth to a nail, had seen much service; a piece of brown soap lay in an abalone shell tacked to the wall; a small mirror reflected kaleidoscopical ...

— In the Footprints of the Padres • Charles Warren Stoddard

... attempt a fire with his main-deck gun; but, at the first plunge of the ship, a sea slapped up against her weather-bow, and sent a column of water through the port, that drove half its crew into the lee-scuppers. In the midst of this waterspout, the gun exploded, the loggerhead having been applied an instant before, giving a sort of chaotic wildness to the scene in-board. This satisfied the party below; though that on the forecastle fared better. ...

— The Two Admirals • J. Fenimore Cooper

... any time," he answered, very firmly, gazing through the door as if he saw the vain endeavor. "That little game can easily be stopped, for about fifty dollars, by opening down the bank toward the old track of the river. The biggest waterspout that ever came down from the mountains could never come anigh the mill, but go right down the valley. It hath been in my mind to do it often, and now that I see the need, I will. Firm and I will ...

— Erema - My Father's Sin • R. D. Blackmore

... over an infinitely grander sea than the measureless ocean of worlds, the Father was carrying navies of human souls, every soul a world whose affairs none but the Father could understand, through many a storm, and waterspout, and battle with the powers of evil, safe to the haven of the children, the Father's house! And Clare began to understand ...

— A Rough Shaking • George MacDonald

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