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Definition of Gentle wind

1. Noun. A slight wind (usually refreshing). "As he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentle Wind

Literary usage of Gentle wind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1838)
"... And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon ! upon all this, Begun and died upon the gentle wind. And cast a wide and tender light, which softened down ..."

2. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"Light variable airs at 6 PM, SE at 8 PM, increasing to a gentle wind at midnight. Cloudy, overcast weather till 6 AM Fine clear weather till 7 PM generally. ..."

3. A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems by Arthur Waley (1919)
"A gentle wind By Fu ... [died AD 278] A GENTLE wind fans the calm night: A bright moon shines on the high tower ..."

4. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"Light variable airs at 6 PM, SE at 8 PM, increasing to a gentle wind at midnight. Cloudy, overcast weather till 6 AM Fine clear weather till 7 PM generally. ..."

5. Annotations on the Gospel According to St. Matthew by Charles Frederick Schaeffer (1895)
"It had a long, hollow stem which yielded to the most gentle wind; it possessed little strength (1 Kings 14 : 15, and see Matt. 12:20, A.). ..."

6. Photometric Researches by Charles Sanders Peirce (1878)
"27 „ July 1 .11 Pretty clear, gentle wind, no moon. Later, clouds. 28 „ » 2 .16 Nearly clear, ... 30 „ „ 19 .18 gentle wind, full moon. Haze near horizon. ..."

7. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"A gradual dispersion of the kind is only occasioned by a gentle wind. The light breezes which sweep through valleys shortly after sunrise, ascending air- ..."

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