Northwind

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of north wind. alt-of, alternative

    "[…] promising to surrender them whenever they should be summoned by a fleet that should sail to them [the Pelasgians of Lemnos] from Attica in one day with a northwind."

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northerly

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"[…] promising to surrender them whenever they should be summoned by a fleet that should sail to them [the Pelasgians of Lemnos] from Attica in one day with a northwind."

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