Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of sirocco.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of sirocco.

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Examples

  • SANCHEZ: The Volkswagen Iroc, as in middle of the word scirocco, is a two-door sportster as well.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006 2006

  • "THE ENGLISHMAN IN ITALY" is a vivid picture of Italian peasant-life on the plain of Sorrento: the occasion being an outbreak of the well-known hot wind -- the "scirocco" -- which, in this case, has brought with it a storm of rain.

    A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Sutherland Orr 1865

  • The weather has shown some signs of improvement and tempted me, despite the persistent "scirocco" mood, to a few excursions into the neighbourhood.

    Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

  • He concludes with a brief allusion to the political scirocco which is blackening the English sky, and will not vanish so quickly as this has done; and thus hints at a reason, if the reader desires one, for his temporary rustication in a foreign land.

    A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Sutherland Orr 1865

  • Every once in a while, a hot wind rustled the vines, a reminder of the legendary scirocco that blew into Sicily from the Sahara, bringing with it swirls of dust and sand.

    Georgia’s Kitchen Jenny Nelson 2010

  • Generally speaking, such locations are not going to experience foen / scirocco / chinook / santa ana conditions.

    Responses from Parker « Climate Audit 2007

  • A few days ago, I was sleeping in Venice with afternoons in the 80s, a dry desert scirocco moving wind chimes.

    vor f��nfzehn Jahren 2006

  • This has given rise the malignant combination of intense scirocco winds out on the Adriatic and, in Venice, blustery bora winds from the northeast.

    Flood Emergency Risk for November 10 2004

  • This has given rise the malignant combination of intense scirocco winds out on the Adriatic and, in Venice, blustery bora winds from the northeast.

    Veniceblog: 2004

  • A few days ago, I was sleeping in Venice with afternoons in the 80s, a dry desert scirocco moving wind chimes.

    26.9" 2006

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