A strong wind; esp. one that carries a vessel on. Obsolete.

A rush of wind; a gale, a storm. Obsolete. rare.

A wind of considerable strength; in nautical language, the word chiefly ‘implies what on shore is called a storm’ (Adm Smyth), esp. with…

In the Bible (Acts 27:14): a stormy, north-easterly wind encountered by St Paul on his journey to Rome. Hence allusively: any stormy wind or gale…

a strong wind.

A ‘whisking’ or blustering wind: see whisking, adj. 1b. Obsolete.

a stormy wind, gale.

A strong, smart, or brisk breeze or wind.

A strong or rough breeze or wind.

the wind which accompanies a storm; also figurative; spec. a wind having a speed within certain limits (see quots. and cf. 1b).

A violent gale; (Australian) = southerly buster n. at southerly, adj. n.compounds.

In various slang or colloquial senses. A stiff or strong wind; a gale.

A stiff breeze or wind.

One who or that which blusters. A blustering wind.

Someone or something exceptionally remarkable in appearance, quality, strength, or the like. Cf. snorter, n.1 2.

figurative. Anything remarkable for exceptional violence, severity, strength, etc. = snorter, n.1 2b.

a very strong wind associated with a tropical cyclone or hurricane; also, any wind of hurricane force.