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southwind

southwind is the alternative form of south wind.

Meaning of south wind

Noun

south wind (plural south winds)

  1. A wind blowing from the south.
    • The watry Southwinde, from the seabord coste / Upblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo'ste, / And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about southwind

What is southwind the alternative form of?
Southwind is the alternative form of south wind.

Words near southwind in the dictionary

  1. southwestwardly
  2. southwestwards
  3. Southwick
  4. Southwick and Widley
  5. Southwicks
  6. southwind
  7. Southwold
  8. Southwood
  9. Southworth
  10. Southworths
  11. Southyork

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