beam wind
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Tom told me it was a beam wind, else I wouldn’t have known, for it was just the same colour as any other wind.
From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Gordon Stables
The start took place at 2:42 P.M. of October 19, 1901, with a beam wind blowing.
From Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers by Russell Doubleday
And why not?––and a fine beam wind coming down the street.
From The Seiners by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
The surface was good, but a strong beam wind hindered us while approaching the head of Depot Bay.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
As it was, the Dazzler had a beam wind in which to overtake him.
From The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London
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