wind-shockn.
/ˈwɪn(d)ʃɒk/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌʃɑk/ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > associated with particular type of plant > trees
wind-shake1545
file1600
joint-ache1601
wind-shock1664
measles1674
hidebound1678
carcinoma1832
knot1845
cup-defect1875
cup-shake1875
beech disease1905
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxx. 94 I have seen Wind-shock-timber so exquisitely closed, as not to be discerned where the defects were.
1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) xxvii. 143 The Wind-shock is a bruise, and shiver throughout the Tree.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 868/2.
1805 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 37 One of them [sc. canoes] sunk, in which was the ammunition and my baggage; this was occasioned by what is called a wind-shock.
2. A shock or disturbance of equilibrium caused by a violent gust of wind.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of > stroke or shock of
blast-bob1582
wind-shock1913
1913 Daily News 7 Mar. 1 England must have got a bad windshock, and the machine [an aeroplane] fell like a stone.
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