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Webster 1913 Edition
Etesian
E-te′sian
,Adj.
[L.
etesiae
, pl., periodic winds, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] year: cf. F. étésien
.] Periodical; annual; – applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.
Webster 1828 Edition
Etesian
ETE'SIAN
,Adj.
Stated; blowing at stated times of the year; periodical. Etesian winds are yearly or anniversary winds, answering to the monsoons of the East Indies. The wind is applied, in Greek and Roman writers, to the periodical winds in the Mediterranean, from whatever quarter they blow.