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Webster 1913 Edition


Roaring

Roar′ing

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Noun.
1.
A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.
2.
(Far.)
An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See
Roar
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Verb.
I.
, 5.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roaring

ROARING

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ppr.
Crying like a bull or lion; uttering a deep loud sound.

ROARING

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Noun.
The cry of a lion or other beast; outcry of distress, Job 3; loud continued sound of the billows of the sea or of a tempest. Is. 5.