Sa"mi*el (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-
yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf.
Simoom.] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows,
in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of
Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
Sa"mi*el (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-
yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf.
Simoom.] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows,
in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of
Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.