south wind

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English

Etymology

From Old English suþwind, corresponding to south + wind.

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south wind (plural south winds)

  1. A wind blowing from the south.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      The watry Southwinde, from the seabord coste / Upblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo'ste, / And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre [...].
    • 2010 December 10, Stephen Lee, The Guardian:
      Snow-melting south winds and rain below 2,400m have marred much of the fantastic early-season base and created off-piste avalanche risk.

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