siroc
English
Etymology
From archaic (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French siroc.
Noun
siroc (plural sirocs)
- Sirocco.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
- I listened to every blast of wind as if it were a dull ugly siroc on its way to consume me.
- 1809, Lord Byron, "Stanzas Composed During a Thunderstorm":
- Full swiftly blew the swift Siroc,
- When last I press'd thy lip;
- And long ere now, with foaming shock
- Impell'd thy gallant ship.
- 1876, Emerson, "The Test":
- These the siroc could not melt,
- Fire their fiercer flaming felt,
- And the meaning was more white
- Than July's meridian light.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Robert Southey to this entry?)
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein: