Reverse Dictionary: CLOUD

ADJECTIVES
1380 ► TROUBLY cloudy, misty, murky, not clear → obs.
1386 ► NEBULOUS cloudy, foggy, misty, dank 
1400 ► DANK wet, watery, wetting: said of clouds, dew, rain, water, etc. → obs.
1420 ► NEBULOSE resembling a cloud or mist; inclined to be foggy or misty → obs.
1432 ► OBNUBILOUS cloudy, overclouded; indistinct → obs. rare
1583 ► HEAVY overcast with dark clouds; lowering, gloomy 
1731 ► ADNUBILATED clouded or darkened → obs.
19C.. ► BLANDIGO cloudy → Eng. dial. obs.
1806 ► URLUCH cloudy, dull, gloomy → Sc.
1807 ► DARKY cloudy → US criminals’ sl.
1844 ► MACKEREL-BACKED dappled with small white fleecy clouds 
1851 ► BENGY cloudy, overcast → Eng. dial.
1874 ► NEBULATED clouded, dimmed → rare
1877 ► SUBNUBILAR situated beneath the clouds 
1887 ► SMURRY cloudy, hazy, overcast → Amer. dial.
1895 ► THICK cloudy, misty, foggy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1900 ► GAFFIN cloudy, lowering → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► PACKY cloudy, heavy with clouds → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAKING gathering, scouring; said of clouds → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1905 ► THICK-SET cloudy or set in for rain → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THWANKIN following each other in thick and gloomy masses; said of clouds → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1939 ► GLOWERING cloudy or threatening → Amer. dial.
1968 ► HECTIC cloudy, unpleasant, windy → Amer. dial.
1969 ► GLOWERY cloudy or threatening → Amer. dial.
1992 ► DULL AND DOWDY cloudy → UK rhyming sl.

NOUNS
1220 ► SKY a cloud → obs.
1300 ► RACK clouds, or a mass of cloud, driven before the wind in the upper air 
1300 ► THE SKIES the clouds → obs.
1320 ► SKEWS the clouds, skies, or heavens → obs.
1420 ► NEBULE a cloud; a mist or fog 
1513 ► WALK a cloud or clouds → Sc. obs.
1611 ► OPENNESS freedom from cloud, clearness → obs.
1653 ► NEBULOUSNESS cloudiness, mistiness 
1686 ► CASTLE-CLOUD a castle-like cloud, a cumulus → obs.
1769 ► CAPE FLY-AWAY a cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances → nautical usage
1775 ► MARE’S TAILS long straight streaks of cirrus, supposed to foretoken stormy weather 
1788 ► CARRY the clouds collectively, sky 
19C.. ► BLANDIGO cloudy → Eng. dial. obs.
E19.. ► DARKEE → DARKY  a cloudy sky → US criminals’ sl.
1819 ► CARRY the drift of the clouds as they are carried along by the wind → Sc.
1823 ► FALL-CLOUD a stratus cloud 
1823 ► WANE-CLOUD a cirro-stratus cloud 
1825 ► RAIK the path along which clouds are driven by the wind → Sc.
1827 ► UP-CASTING a gathering of clouds above the horizon, generally a precursor of rain → Sc. obs.
1839 ► ARK clouds in lines converging to two points on opposite parts of the sky → Eng. dial.
1849 ► THUNDERHEAD a cumulonimbus cloud presaging a thunderstorm → Amer. dial.
1854 ► WAIF a streak of cloud; something borne or driven by the wind 
1857 ► THUNDERCAP a cumulonimbus cloud presaging a thunderstorm → Amer. dial
1866 ► CAT’S CRAMMACKS goat-hair clouds → Sc.
1866 ► GAG a large rugged cloud → Sc.  
1866 ► LAMB’S-WOOL SKY a collection of white orbicular masses of cloud → Eng. dial.
1869 ► RAIN SEED one of a group of usually small mottled clouds thought to presage rain → Amer. dial.
1873 ► PACKET-BOYS small, well-defined, roundish masses of cloud; a mackerel sky → Sc.
1880 ► MESSENGERS small detached clouds betokening rain → Eng. dial.
1881 ► PACK a heavy mass of cloud; a thundercloud; generally in plural → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1881 ► PACK-MERCHANTS small clouds driven before the wind → Sc.
1883 ► BARBARA AND HER BARNS a formation of clouds in which there is a thick band across the west with smaller bands above and below; a sign of stormy weather → Eng. dial.
1886 ► SNOW-BANKS white fleecy clouds → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1887 ► BEAM a bank of cloud → Eng. dial.
1888 ► RAIN-BALLS festoons of cloud considered a sign of rain → Eng. dial.
1889 ► HEAP-CLOUD a cumulus cloud 
1889 ► REDS red clouds or tints in the sky → Eng. dial.
1890 ► NEPHOLOGY the study of clouds 
1891 ► SKIFT a wisp of clouds → Amer. dial.
1892 ► NEPHELOLOGY the study of clouds 
1897 ► KATIRAMS small, swift-flying, tattered clouds → Sc.
1897 ► MARE TAIL a long, thin cirrus cloud → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1898 ► AIR clouds, the sky → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BEAR’S-HAIRS threads of filmy white clouds, fringing greater masses of cloud, said to betoken some sort of weather → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
L19.. ► SACK OF COALS  a black cloud or clouds in the Southern Hemisphere → nautical usage
1900 ► DANKER a dark cloud → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► FARLE wisps of clouds → Sc.
1900 ► GAGGER a large rugged cloud → Sc. (Bk.)
1901 ► SOUP thick cloud; fog 
1903 ► LEE SET a low bank of clouds to leeward, sometimes presaging a storm → Amer. dial.
1905 ► OLD MARES’ TAILS long, white, fleecy clouds → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUNDER-PACKS large white clouds having horizontal bases and pointed summits, always indicative of thunder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► UNDER-BREE → UNDER-BREET a bright light appearing under clouds → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► NEBULOSITY cloudiness; indistinctness → Sc.
1908 ► YACKLES small white clouds, shaped somewhat like teeth → Sc.
1911 ► BLUE BORE a rift or opening in the clouds → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BORE a break in the clouds → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BOULE an opening in the clouds betokening fine weather → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► NIGGER-HEADS dark cumulus clouds close to the horizon → Amer. dial., derogatory (Bk.)
1933 ► MACKEREL SCALES cirro-stratus clouds, indicating rain → Amer. dial.
1940 ► CLOUD KISSING touching the clouds in an airplane → World War II Amer. sl.
1942 ► GOAT’S HAIR a layer of clouds with a streaky, curly appearance, said to portend a storm → Amer. sl.
1946 ► BUTTERMILK SKY small, curd-like or patchy clouds → Amer. dial.
1947 ► SHEEP CLOUDS long trailing clouds high in the sky → Amer. dial.
1951 ► GOAT-HAIR feathery cirrus-clouds → Sc.
1954 ► BLACKHEAD a black rain-cloud → Amer. dial.
1954 ► RAIN MOTHER a fleecy and delicate cloud that usually precedes rain → Amer. dial.
1965 ► FEATHER → FEATHER CLOUD a long trailing cloud high in the sky → Amer. dial.  
1965 ► GULF CLOUDS long trailing clouds high in the sky → Amer. dial.
1965 ► SHEEPSHEAD a white cumulus cloud, esp. a small one occurring in a group of similar clouds → Amer. dial.
1966 ► EMPTY a cloud → Amer. dial.
1966 ► PETER’S MUDHOLE → PETE’S MUDHOLE an area of the horizon from which storm clouds typically approach or where threatening clouds are observed; big clouds that roll up high before a rainstorm → Amer. dial.
1966 ► SEED CLOUD one of a group of usually small clouds though to presage rain → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BABY’S BREATH a kind of cloud formation, puffy fog-like clouds → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BEACH CLOUDS long trailing clouds high in the sky → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BLOW-UP a billowy cloud → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BORREGO a cloud → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BULKHEAD a storm cloud → Amer. dial.
1967 ► CATFISH CLOUD a long trailing cloud in the sky → Amer. dial.
1967 ► ICE-CREAM CLOUD a big cloud that rolls up high before a rainstorm; a cloud like a puff or scoop of ice cream on a cone → Amer. dial.
1967 ► ICE-CREAM SODA a big cloud that rolls up high before a rainstorm; a cloud like a puff or scoop of ice cream on a cone → Amer. dial.
1967 ► PILLOW → PILLOW CLOUD  a cumulus cloud → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BUNKER HEAD a big cloud forming up before rain → Amer. dial.
1968 ► FEATHER TAIL a long trailing cloud high in the sky → Amer. dial.
1968 ► MILKMAID’S PATH a streak of clouds across the sky in the evening, wider than a jet trail → Amer. dial.
1968 ► MILKY WAY a long band of clouds resembling the Milky Way → Amer. dial.
1969 ► LAMB’S TAIL a cirrus cloud; long trailing clouds high in the sky 
1970 ► BOOMER a cloud that rolls up high before a thunder storm or rainstorm → Amer. dial.
1970 ► DEW CLOUD a low cloud → Amer. dial.
1973 ► OILSKIN JACKET small puffy clouds that portend rain → Amer. nautical sl.
2004 ► WATER DOG a low lying cloud at treetop level, that usually appears after a storm; a ‘rain dog’ → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1894 ► NEPHOLOGIST a person who studies the clouds 
1895 ► NEPHELOLATER an admirer of clouds 

PHRASES
19C.. ► THE RACK RIDES used of the clouds when driven by the wind → Eng. dial.
1968 ► THE ANGELS ARE SWEEPING said of long trailing clouds high in the sky → Amer. dial.

VERBS
1374 ► DARK to cloud, to obscure, to dim, to sully → arch.
1540 ► OBNEBULATE to cloud, to befog; to obscure as with a mist 
1590 ► RACK to drive before the wind; said of clouds 
1626 ► RACK UP to clear up; said of clouds or the sky 
1631 ► BENIGHT to cloud, to darken, to involve in darkness 
1753 ► NEBULATE to become cloudy or turbid → obs.
1769 ► HAUL to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds 
1790 ► BANK to gather in masses; said of clouds → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► DEM IN to collect, to be obstructed; said of clouds → Eng. dial.
1825 ► CAST UP to gather for a storm; said of clouds → Sc.
1858 ► HAUL OFF to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds → Amer. dial.
1864 ► HAUL ROUND to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds → Amer. dial.
1895 ► SMOOCH UP to become cloudy → Amer. dial.
1898 ► SCARROW to shine through clouds → Sc.
1905 ► BREAK OFF to become less cloudy; to clear up; to stop raining → Sc (Bk.).
1905 ► UPCAST to gather; said of clouds → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 ► SMIRR → SMUR → SMURR to become cloudy or foggy → Amer. dial.
1914 ► SMIRR UP → SMURR UP to become cloudy or foggy → Amer. dial.
1937 ► BOIL to grow, to increase in size; said of clouds → Amer. dial.
1939 ► BREED UP A STORM to become cloudy → Amer. dial.
1968 ► HAUL ABOUT to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds → Amer. dial.