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▪ I. † hurriˈcano, n. Obs.
[See hurricane.]
1. An early form of hurricane (q.v., 1 β).
2. Applied by Shakespeare and Drayton to a waterspout.
1605Shakes. Lear iii. ii. 2 Rage, blow You Cataracts, and Hyrricano's spout. 1606― Tr. & Cr. v. ii. 172 The dreadfull spout, Which Shipmen doe the Hurricano call. 1627Drayton Agincourt etc. 167 Downe the shower impetuously doth fall, Like that which men the Hurricano call.
▪ II. hurricano, v. rare.|hʌrɪˈkeɪnəʊ|
[f. prec.]
trans. To whirl or drive as a hurricane.
1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. Introd. (1852) 237 After the persecution which then hurricanoed such as were non⁓conformists unto that establishment. 1868Longfellow G. Corey i. ii, Ah, poor New England! He who hurricanoed The house of Jacob is making now on thee One last assault. |