Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A wind in a forest.
  • noun In forestry, the wind which blows gently from an adjacent forest after it has been cooled by nocturnal radiation from the surface of the leaves.

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Examples

  • Instead, I'm delighted to be enmeshed in the steady, cool forest-wind and occasional birdsong of the newly hatched birds: tiny chatters of sora rails, as if laughing at a joke told among themselves.

    Orion Magazine Articles by Rick Bass 2010

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