WATERSPOUT

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WATERSPOUT , a local vorticular

storm

STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger.
Sturm
- STURM
- STURM, JULIUS (1816-1896)
; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

occurring over a water-surface, and in origin and form similar to a tornado (q.v.) over the

land

LAND

. A whirling, funnel-shaped

cloud

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

, first observed as a pendant from the

mass

storm

STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger.
Sturm
- STURM
- STURM, JULIUS (1816-1896)
; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

cloud

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

above, seems to grow downwards, tapering, towards the water-surface, which is violently agitated, and finally (when the spout is fully

developed

DEVELOPED

) appears to be

drawn

DRAWN

up to meet the cloud from above. This

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

is deceptive, as the bulk of the water carried along by the whirling spout is condensed from the atmosphere, and, even when the spout is formed over a

salt

-water surface, is found to be fresh. Waterspouts occur most frequently over the warm seas of the tropics, but they are not confined to the warmer tropical seasons, or even to low latitudes.

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