hurricano

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Noun

hurricano (plural hurricanos or hurricanoes)

  1. (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout.
    • 1627, Michael Drayton, Battaile of Agincourt:
      And downe the shower impetuously doth fall,
      Like that which men the Hurricano call...
    • 1639, Philip Massinger, The Unnatural Combat:
      ...For I am possess'd
      With whirle-winds, and each guilty thought to me is
      A dreadfull Hurricano...

References

“hurricano”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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