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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

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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.

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