Caurusn.
/ˈkɔːrəs/ archaic.
The stormy north-west wind, often personified.
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Caurusc1374
north-west1440
nor'-wester1703
north-wester1728
Jack Northwester1749
north-westerly1930
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) i. met. iii. 9 A swifte wynde þat hyȝt chorus.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Caurus, a Western or Northwest Wind blowing commonly out of the British Sea.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. lxxviii The ground, by piercing Caurus seared.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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