parching wind

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• Welter — Wel ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[ a]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. v[ae]lte, Sw …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Weltered — Welter Wel ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[ a]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Weltering — Welter Wel ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[ a]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Côte d'Ivoire — /koht dee vwannrdd / French name of Ivory Coast. * * * Cote d Ivoire Introduction Cote d Ivoire Background: Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote d Ivoire …   Universalium

• premium — premium, prize, award, reward, meed, guerdon, bounty, bonus are comparable when they mean something which is bestowed upon a person as a recompense for cooperation, greater effort, superior merit, or supremacy in competition. Premium is applied… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• wallow — wallow, welter, grovel can imply heavy clumsy movement and, when the reference is to man, a debased, pitiable, or ignoble condition. Wallow basically implies a lurching or rolling to and fro (as of a pig in the mire or a ship in the trough of a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• harmattan — har•mat•tan [[t]ˌhɑr məˈtæn[/t]] n. mer (in W Africa) a dry, parching wind, charged with dust from the Sahara, esp. frequent in the winter • Etymology: 1665–75; said to be < Twi haramata …   From formal English to slang

• Winds —    Blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6). The east wind was parching (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8). This wind prevails in… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Brickfielder — The Brickfielder is a hot and dry wind in the desert of Southern Australia that occurs in the summer season. It blows in the coastal regions of the south from the interior, where the sandy wastes, bare of vegetation in summer, are intensely… …   Wikipedia

• Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …   Universalium

• harmattan — /hahr meuh tan /, n. (on the west coast of Africa) a dry, parching land breeze, charged with dust. [1665 75; said to be < Twi haramata] * * * ▪ wind       hot, dry wind that blows from the northeast or east in the western Sahara and is strongest… …   Universalium