On its granite sides the waves broke in frothy showers, the waterspouts sank at its feet, and the thunder made it laugh every time it burst against its unyielding flanks.
We had seen two waterspouts in the morning between us and the land.
When off New Providence the wind was light and the clouds heavy and low, and in less than half an hour seven waterspouts had formed, two not far from us on our weather beam, the largest of which was nearing us rather fast.
All around the sea was lacerated by the ricochetting projectiles, which threw columns of spray high into the air, the pure whiteness of the artificial waterspouts contrasting vividly with the dark background of smoke.
Instantly a line of waterspouts shot high in the air accompanied by a simultaneous discharge of half a dozen mines.
The electric light suddenly went out, and two enormous waterspouts crashed onto the deck of the frigate, racing like a torrent from stem to stern, toppling crewmen, breaking spare masts and yardarms from their lashings.
Captain Baker at first thought he was in the presence of an unknown reef; he was even about to fix its exact position when two waterspouts shot out of this inexplicable object and sprang hissing into the air some 150 feet.
The Nautilus's pumps have prodigious strength, as you must have noticed when their waterspouts swept like a torrent over the Abraham Lincoln.
Corner of a compluvium with waterspouts and antefixes, reconstructed.
As the lateral thrust of the arches is now met by each other, the pinnacles, if there were any, must be removed, and waterspouts placed between each arch to discharge the double drainage of the gables.
Yes, Master Ernest, there are typhoons, and the waterspouts of which I spoke to you before.
The worst of it is, the wind is from the east, and evidently carries waterspouts with it.
Tongues of cloud were still darting out and back again, but they seemed no nearer to the formation of waterspouts than during the morning; and Leslie began to think that, perhaps, for once in a way he was going to prove a false prophet.
Waterspouts stood out like gargoyles, and slanting tiled roofs were full of colouring.
Ages ago sailors sought to frighten waterspouts away by pointing knives at them, or by shouts and the clashing of swords, and the use of cannon originally embodied the same idea of terrifying the watery monster.
They are not always accompanied by strong winds; frequently more than one is seen at a time, whereupon the clouds whence they proceed disperse, and the ends of the Waterspouts bending over finally causes them to break in the middle.
Waterspouts are not unfrequent along the shores of Syria, and more especially in the neighbourhood of Mount Carmel.
Waterspouts on land are not uncommon, and in this case there is no ascending column of water, but only a descending inverted cone of vapor.
Instances of repeated disruption and formation have been witnessed, and in the Mediterranean, as many as sixteen waterspouts have been observed at the same time.
Waterspouts exhibit various aspects, but a frequent appearance has been thus described, as it has been observed at sea.
No doubt the vessels of the present day are larger and stronger than formerly, and perhaps waterspouts have become smaller.
This is rather far north for waterspouts so early in the year.
Accordingly Erichsen did not try to alter the course of the Slavonia; indeed, he would not have altered it had he known ship and spout were sure to meet, for he had encountered waterspouts before and wasn't afraid of them.
As to waterspoutsand shooting stars, see the Reports of the Cambridge Expedition to Torres Straits, VI.
During the time the waterspouts were in sight there were light puffs of wind from all points of the compass, while occasionally large drops of rain fell.
Waterspouts and bits of wreck roar like a million wild bulls, and snort and swish as they go through the water like a thousand express trains going through a tunnel, don't they?
Waterspouts and bits of wreck smell like polecats when you're a hundred miles from land, don't they?
With a crash that seemed to shake the solid rock, the gigantic billow fell, and instantly the spouting-holes sent up a gush of waterspouts with such force that they shrieked on issuing from their narrow vents.
By the bye," said I, interrupting their conversation, "I am reminded by this that we have not yet discovered the nature of yon curious appearance that we saw near the waterspouts on our journey round the island.
Tydomin explained that they were not waterspoutsat all, but mobile columns of lightning.
About half a mile, in front of them, against a background of dark fog, a moving forest of tallwaterspouts gyrated slowly and gracefully hither and thither.
In some places, the wind, eddying round the corners, formed the snow into tall whirling columns, resembling those waterspouts which turn round on their base, and which vessels attack with a shot from a gun.
Navigators have not had sufficient experience of the power of waterspouts to pronounce authoritatively on that point,--and it is to be hoped they never will.
Two otherwaterspouts now came into view, and subsequently a third, if not more, so that they felt as if completely surrounded by them.
Those prayers were answered, for the waterspouts gradually disappeared, and the boat got safe to land.
There is no doubt that waterspouts are to a great extent, if not altogether, due to the presence of electricity in the air.
But they boiled about the waterspouts and the roaring sound increased rapidly.
Thus sucked up by the whirling cloud the waterspouts were formed, and dozens of them swept on across the sea beneath the hovering cloud.
Soon after sailing, while becalmed, two or three waterspouts were seen, which seemed terrible, as it was impossible to get out of their way.
Leaving this harbour, the Resolution sailed for Queen Charlotte's Sound, encountering on the way no less than six waterspouts of unusual size.
Thus the negotiation hangs fire; and will do so,--till dreadful waterspouts come, and perhaps quench it altogether?
For, in the interim, withal, the English negotiation is as good as gone out; nay there are waterspouts brewing aloft yonder, enough to wash negotiation from the world.
He found that it was always warmer than the sea on each side of it, and that it did not sparkle at night; and he assigned to its influence the tornadoes, waterspouts and fogs by which its flow was attended.
First soap is rubbed on the dry boards, then vigorously scrubbed into a lather with wet brushes, and after that the lather is sluiced off with artificial waterspoutswhizzed up the walls from full buckets.
It was while the sluicing was in progress that Johnny had to be careful; for many buckets missed their mark, and the waterspouts shot out through the doorways and window frames.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waterspouts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
