fury

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FU'RY, noun [Latin furor, furia, furo, to rage.] 1. A violent rushing; impetuous motion; as the fury of the winds. 2. Rage; a storm of anger; madness; turbulence. I do oppose my patience to his fury 3. Enthusiasm; heat of the mind. 4. In mythology, a deity; a goddess of vengeance; hence, a stormy turbulent, violent woman.
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