Si*roc"co (?), n.; pl.
Siroccos (?). [It. sirocco, scirocco,
Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east,
fr, sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. Saracen.] An
oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced
in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
Si*roc"co (s&ibreve;*r&obreve;k"k&osl;),
n. In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic
origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind
of Southern California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa,
the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste of
the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.
Si*roc"co (?), n.; pl.
Siroccos (?). [It. sirocco, scirocco,
Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east,
fr, sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. Saracen.] An
oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced
in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
Si*roc"co (s&ibreve;*r&obreve;k"k&osl;),
n. In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic
origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind
of Southern California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa,
the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste of
the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.
