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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A signal displayed on sea-coasts and lake-shores for indicating the expected prevalence of high winds or storms. For this purpose flags and lanterns are used in the United States, and a cone and drum in Great Britain. In the practice of the United States Weather Bureau, a red flag with black center is displayed by day when a violent storm is expected, and an additional pennant indicates the quadrant of the probable wind-direction, as follows: red pennant above flag, northeasterly winds; red pennant below flag, southeasterly winds; white pennant above flag, northwesterly winds; white pennant below flag, southwesterly winds. By night. a red light indicates easterly winds, and a white light above a red light indicates westerly winds. In the British system the inverted cone indicates a south gale, the upright cone a north gale, while the addition of the drum indicates that the winds are expected to be of marked violence. See
weather-signal .
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“And immediately after that a storm-signal showed itself, at the sight of which all the family trembled.”
“The connection between the life-saving and storm-signal service was effected at several stations, thus supplying telegraphic communication between the department and the coast outposts.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876
“The general's pudgy hand involuntarily clenched itself, and the dreaded frown, the "storm-signal" that his own soldiers, as well as the enemy, had learned to fear, appeared for a moment on his prominent forehead.”
“The "storm-signal" was hoisted ominously between his eyebrows.”
“Still the ladies said nothing, but there was a storm-signal hoisted in”
“Our attention was attracted by a small group of men standing round the storm-signal post.”
“But Orion was the storm-signal, and said: "Reef sail, make things snug, or put into harbor, for the hurricanes are getting their wings out.”
“a gleam of fire shot from the mild eye of Mr. Morell, significant as a storm-signal across a sea of glass.”
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