squally

• His eyes were unfocused and his face was screwed up like a squally baby's. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
• It blew hard and squally, and we had to look out well, with sheets in hand. —  Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
• The weather was thick and squally, and it was late before the Dćdalus and Vestal arrived with their tows, the Nemesis and Pluto, the former frigate having carried away her mizzen top-mast 17th._--Squadron under weigh pretty early, getting into Malludu Bay. —  The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
• The night was squally, and he thought it wiser to take a larger circuit than before. —  Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign
• [42] The weather is very squally, and there is a heavy swell: we are anchored about eight miles from Olinda, the capital of Pernambuco, in fifteen fathoms water, but though we have fired more than one gun for a pilot, none seems to be coming off Note 42: Cabral first took possession of the country which he called that of the Holy Cross_, for the crown of Portugal; Amerigo Vespucci 1504, called it Brazil, on account of the wood Illustration Pernambuco, September 22. —  Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823

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