Aquilon

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Roman god of the North Wind, equivalent to the Greek god Boreas.
  2. 2
    The north wind personified.

    "Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening"

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"Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aquilo, aquilonis.

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north wind

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