CLOUD, n.

1. A collection f visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the atmosphere, at some altitude. A like collection of vapors near the earth is usually called fog.

I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen 9.

Behold, a white cloud. Rev 14.

2. A state of obscurity or darkness.

3. A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air; as a cloud of dust.

A cloud of incense. Ezek 8.

4. The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds.

5. A great multitude; a vast collection.

See ing we are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses. Heb 12.

, v.i. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; sometimes followed by over; as, the sky clouds over.