thunder at i on (thunder ash on)

Same as thunder, 5. [Colloq., U. S.] thunder-ax (thun'der-aks), n. Same as thun derbolt, 3 ( a ). thunder be att (thun'der-bēt), v. t. [ So he them thunder bet whereso he went, That neuer a stroke in vaine his right hand spent. Hudson, tr. of Du Bartas's Judith, v. 397. (Davies.) thunder-bird (thun'der-bèrd), n. 1. An Australian thick-headed shrike, Pachycephala guttural is. It is about 6 inches long, rich-yellow below, with a jet-black collar and white throat, black head, and partly black tail. It was called by Latham guttural thrush , Turdus guttural is , and black - breasted flycatcher , Muscicapa pectoral is , by others white -throated thickhead, and it has also a variety of French and New Latin names. It closely resembles the species figured under Pachycephala . 2. In the mythology of some low tribes, an imaginary bird supposed to cause thunder by the flapping of its wings, or considered as personifying it. E. B. Tylor.