Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A periodical light wind, occurring in open countries far from any special influences of oceans or mountains.
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Examples
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When I stirred and looked about me it had become easy to see the separate grasses; a bird or two had begun little interrupted chirrups in the bushes, a day-breeze broke from up the valley ruffling the silence, the moon was dead against the sky, and the stars had disappeared.
The Path to Rome Hilaire Belloc 1911
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A little before sundown the day-breeze died away, and the lake, reflecting the wooded hills like a mirror, was dimpled and dotted and streaked here and there where fishes and turtles were poking out their heads and muskrats were sculling themselves along with their flat tails making glittering tracks.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876
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Night sheds her dews, the day-breeze fans the God.
The Columbiad Joel Barlow 1783
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