rainbox (ran boks)

A device in a theater for producing an imitation of the sound of falling rain. rain-chamber (rān'chām"ber), n. An attach ment to a furnace, hearth, or smelting-works in which the fumes of any metal, as lead, are partly or entirely condensed by the aid of water. rain-chart (ran'chärt), n. A chart or map giving information in regard to the fall and distribution of rain in any part or all parts of the world. Also called rain - mар. rain-cloud (ranʼkloud), n. Any cloud from which rain falls: in meteorology called nimbus. Two general cla es may be distinguished-(a) cumulo nimbus, where rain falls from cumulus clouds, generally in squalls or showers, and ( b ) strato-nimbus, where rain falls from stratus clouds. The name is sometimes especially given, in a more restricted sense, to the ragged, detached ma es of cumulus (called by Poey fracto - cumulus ), or to the low, torn fragments of cloud called scud, which are characteristic a ociates of rain-storms. See cut under cloud. rain-crow (ran'krō), n. A tree-cuckoo of the genus Coccygus, either C. american us or C. ery thro pht halm us: so named from its cries, often heard in lowering weather, and supposed to predict rain. [Local, U. S.]