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单词 out-wind
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out-windn.

Brit. /ˈaʊtwɪnd/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌwɪnd/
Forms: see out- prefix and wind n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, wind n.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + wind n.1
1. A wind blowing seaward from the land. Now Newfoundland.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > wind blowing from the land
land-wind1598
land-breeze1667
out-wind1669
1669 T. Allin Jrnl. 29 Nov. (1940) (modernized text) II. 133 We gave over going in with an out wind.
1860 J. T. Mullock Two Lect. on Newfoundland 40 All the fog and damp of the banks..descends in rain there with the south-westerly winds, while we never have the benefit of it, unless when what we call the out-winds blow.
1887 G. J. Bond Skipper George Netman 15 The best time for sealers is when there is just enough out-winds to keep the ice together, but not driving it together too tight for the vessels.
1966 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (at cited word) If the wind is out on the first of April, you'll have out-winds for the rest of the month.
2. A wind blowing inshore. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > wind blowing from the sea
sea-wind1604
sea-turn1627
out-wind1676
tropaean winds1686
sea-breeze1697
1676 C. Jeaffreson Let. in Young Squire 17th Cent. (1878) I. 173 [Near Funchal there is] a rock, a small distance from the land, between which and the shoar, the Porteguise ships ride in out-windes.
a1703 H. Winstanley in S. Smiles Lives Engineers (1861) II. 17 The sea would be so raging about these rocks, caused by outwinds and the running of the ground seas coming from the main ocean.
1754 T. Gardner Hist. Acct. Dunwich 214 Choaked by most boisterous Outwinds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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