Euroclydon
Americannoun
noun
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a stormy wind from the north or northeast that occurs in the Levant, which caused the ship in which St Paul was travelling to be wrecked (Acts 27:14)
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any stormy wind
Etymology
Origin of Euroclydon
1605–15; < Greek euroklýdōn, equivalent to Eúro ( s ) Eurus + klýdōn wave, surge; compare klýzein to dash against, wash
Example Sentences
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In the New Testament he becomes Euroclydon, wind of the waves.
From Wind and Weather by Alexander McAdie
Sylvanus had attained the cognomen of Euroclydon of the Red Head in that breezy collegiate republic whose only order is the Prussian "For Merit."
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
I'll stop no more in this hole!" shouted Euroclydon of the Red Head, "smothered with easter haar on the streets and auld wife's blethers inby.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The dark leaden clouds dim the light of the sun, And the dull dreary hours drone slothfully on, Euroclydon forges the cold biting sleet, And the snow-drifts he piles at the traveler’s feet.
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
With haggard eyes, that count the dead about, Each spearman marks the archers, all undone, Whirl like heaped leaves before Euroclydon.
From Miscellany of Poetry 1919 by W. Kean Seymour
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