williwaw

• The parting of a staysail-sheet in a williwaw, when the sea was turbulent and she was plunging into the storm, brought me forward to see instantly a dark cliff ahead and breakers so close under the bows that I felt surely lost, and in my thoughts cried, "Is the hand of fate against me, after all, leading me in the end to this dark spot?" —  Sailing Alone Around the World
• "Right as a trivet! but -- have you ever heard of a williwaw, Peggy?" —  The Merryweathers
• "Wi 'a dozen more strokes we'll be cl'ar o' them -- out o 'the track o' the williwaw, too." —  The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure
• The "williwaw," sometimes called the "wooley," is one of the great terrors of Fuegian inland waters. —  The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure
• On the afternoon of the tenth day on the island the sky clouded up and Mr. Gibney predicted a williwaw. —  Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms