The Only Use of
cataract
in
Jane Eyre
- But joy soon effaced every other feeling; and loud as the wind blew, near and deep as the thunder crashed, fierce and frequent as the lightning gleamed, cataract-like as the rain fell during a storm of two hours' duration, I experienced no fear and little awe.†
p. 296.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(cataract) clouding of the natural lens of the eye
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, cataract can reference falling water as from a waterfall or series of rapids and waterfalls.