Definition of Huricane

Definition of Huricane

Hur"ri*cane (?), n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively.

Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd.

Tennyson.

Each guilty thought to me is
A dreadful hurricane.

Massinger.

Hurricane bird(Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Hurricane deck. (Naut.)See under Deck.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now
generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is
still in popular use in the West Indies and is preferred by certain
old-fashioned sea-captains. It is also used in the construction of
the upper decks of steamboats, but generally speaking, the hurricane's
usefulness has outlasted it.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

An Atlantic and north-eastern Pacific weather phenomenon that originates in the tropics and has sustained wind speeds equal to or greater than 74 mph (120 km/h)

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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