samiel
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of samiel
C17: from Turkish samyeli, from sam poisonous + yel wind
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
Simoon, typhoon, and samiel, are believed to be the names of demons.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
The pestilential winds of the east are described by various authors under various denominations; as harmattan, samiel, samium, syrocca, kamsin, seravansum.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus
The simoon of Africa is the typhoon of China and the samiel of India.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
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