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lauwine
(ˈlɔːwɪn, Ger. laʊˈviːnə)
Also lawine.
[ad. G. lawine, according to Kluge f. lau mild, tepid.]
An avalanche.
1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. xii, Nations melt..and downward go, Like lauwine loosen'd from the mountain's belt. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 389 Generally termed Avalanches, or some⁓times lauwines. 1845Blackw. Mag. LVIII. 34, I see..the cliff-cradled lawine essay its first motion. 1881J. Nichol Death Themistocles, etc. 131 Down whose slope the Lauwine thunders. |