Norther

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  • noun. A sudden cold gale coming from the north.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A strong or cold northerly wind.
  • noun. A violent cold north wind blowing, mainly in winter, over Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • To veer or tend toward the north, as the wind; run toward the north.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A strong wind blowing from the north.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a wind that blows from the north
  • Word Usage
    ""I could understand it," continued Captain Miles as if reasoning with himself, "keeping on like this if we were in the Gulf of Mexico now, for it looks like what they call a norther there; but I've never heard of one of those winds being met in the Atlantic.""
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