cloud

CLOUD, noun [I have not found this word in any other language. The sense is obvious--a collection.] 1. A collection f visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the atmosphere, at some altitude. A like collection of vapors near the earth is usually called fog. I do set my bow in the cloud Genesis 9:13. Behold, a white cloud Revelation 14:14. 2. A state of obscurity or darkness. 3. A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air; as a cloud of dust. A cloud of incense. Ezekiel 8:11. 4. The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds. 5. A great multitude; a vast collection. Seeing we are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses. Hebrews 12:1. CLOUD, verb transitive To overspread with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded; clouds intercept the rays of the sun. Hence, 2. To obscure; to darken; as, to cloud the day, or truth, or reason. 3. To darken in veins or spots; to variegate with colors; as clouded marble. 4. To make of a gloomy aspect; to give the appearance of sullenness. What sullen fury clouds his scornful brow. 5. To sully; to tarnish. CLOUD, verb intransitive To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; sometimes followed by over; as, the sky clouds over.