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Definition of East wind
1. Noun. A wind from the east.
Specialized synonyms: Levanter
Generic synonyms: Air Current, Current Of Air, Wind
Derivative terms: Easterly
Lexicographical Neighbors of East Wind
Literary usage of East wind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1869)
"A north-east wind was also felt in lat. 15° on the north-west limb of the vortex,
on the 2nd, but was evidently merely the ..."
2. Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres and Sacred Traditions by Epiphanius Wilson (1901)
"And full of pity, as his rescuer, She called for the east wind, ... Go, my East
Wind, and with such words as these, Seek to console him with the news of ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"The east wind' crosses the sandy wastes of Arabia Deserta before reaching ...
21, though the east, or at all events the north-east wind would be the one ..."
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