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Webster 1913 Edition


Euroclydon

Eu-roc′ly-don

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] the southeast wind + [GREEK] wave, billow; according to another reading, [GREEK], i. e. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Vulgate
Euro-aquilo
.]
A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See
Levanter
.
A tempestuous wind called
Euroclydon
.
Acts xxvii. 14.

Webster 1828 Edition


Euroclydon

EUROC'LYDON

,
Noun.
[Gr. wind, and a wave.] A tempestuous wind, which drove ashore, on Malta, the ship in which Paul was sailing to Italy. It is supposed to have blown from an easterly point. Acts. 27.

Definition 2024


Euroclydon

Euroclydon

English

Proper noun

Euroclydon

  1. A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's tossed craft. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.