Boreas
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About the least interesting thing one can say about Boreas is "His name may derive from boros, ` devouring, 'or possibly from oros, ` mountain,' since it was from the mountains that the harsh north wind blew."
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- noun Greek Mythology The god of the north wind.
- noun The north wind.
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- The Boreas was paid off at Sheerness, on the 30th of November 1787; and the winter was chiefly employed in visiting places of public amusement, and introducing Mrs. Nelson to his numerous respectable friends. — The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson
- He had summoned the masters of the ships on board the âBoreas,â and, after satisfying himself that the vessels were not entitled to British registers, had sent marines to hold them, and to prevent essential witnesses from leaving them, until the cases were tried. — The Life of Nelson
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About the least interesting thing one can say about Boreas is "His name may derive from boros, ` devouring, 'or possibly from oros, ` mountain,' since it was from the mountains that the harsh north wind blew."
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3 -
Boreas, guardian of Northern portals.
— An Eclectic Circle Ceremony by Durwydd MacTara (Part III) - âBoreas,â i. — The Life of Nelson
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- Middle English, from Latin Boreās, from Greek, from boreios, coming from the north.
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/ (bôrˈē-əs, bōrˈ-)/
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