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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], and [GREEK]. See

(Class. Mythol.)

According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.

☞ By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil.

Encyc. Brit.

A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.

[Obs.]

The circling

typhon

whirled from point to point.

Thomson.