samiel
Britishnoun
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Origin of samiel
C17: from Turkish samyeli, from sam poisonous + yel wind
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The simoon of Africa is the typhoon of China and the samiel of India.
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And the samiel hath gone O'er thee like a demon's breath, Marking victims one by one For its master—Death.
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They halt for a moment—they form and they stand; Then with sabers aloft they ride down on our band Like the samiel that sweeps o'er Arabia's sand.
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Simoon, typhoon, and samiel, are believed to be the names of demons.
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