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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.
Definition 2024
Euroclydon
Euroclydon
English
Proper noun
Euroclydon
- 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.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick: