blastyadj.
/ˈblɑːsti//ˈblasti/ 1. Characterized by blasts of wind; gusty.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blowing (of wind) > blowing in or characterized by gusts
blasty1582
gusty1592
puffy1616
frettinga1665
squally1748
flawy1807
gustful1825
fretfula1849
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 57 On a suddeyn thee doors winds blastye doe batter.
1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 31 Dec. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 176 This bleak and blasty shore.
1872 Mem. R. Paul ix. 98 An unsteady blasty wind.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > blighting or blasting plants, etc.
withering1579
blasterous1582
blasty1667
blighty1731
blightening1743
blighting1796
1667 J. Beale in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 424 [Giving] notice of a blasty Noon (it being then a Sultry weather), and within a day or two shewing the proof upon the Cherry-blossom.
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