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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Storm \Storm\, n.

   {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
      central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
      system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
      contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
      temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
      by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm},
      {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and
      freezing temperatures such storms have various local
      names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran},
      etc.

   {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
      {Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\
   . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,
   Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)
   A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino
   compound containing benzol, used, in solution with
   strychnine, as a local an[ae]sthetic, esp. by injection into
   the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[ae]sthesia below
   the point of introduction.
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