† aquilonn.
Obsolete.
The north or north-north-east wind.In modern dictionaries.
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. vi. 25 Þe felnesse of þe wynde þat hyȝt aquilon.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 133 Eurus and aquiloun..Blowes boþe at my bode.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 49 The thrid collateral vynd is callit aquilon.., the vulgaris callis it northest.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 9 Blow..till thy sphered Bias cheeke, Out-swell the collick of puft Aquilon . View more context for this quotation
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