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eleˈphanta
Also (corruptly) elephanter.
[a. Pg. elephante: see quot. 1698.]
= elephant 8.
[1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 48 (Yule) We are now winding about the South-West part of Ceilon; where we have the Tail of the Elephant full in our mouth; a constellation by the Portugals called Rabo del Elephanto, known for the breaking up of the Munsoons, which is the last Flory this season makes.] 1725J. Reynolds View Death (1735) 24 Till..Enters th' elephanta with thundring noise. 1772Grose Voy. E. Indies I. 33 (Y.) The setting in of the rains is commonly ushered in by a violent thunderstorm, generally called the Elephanta. 1852Life in Bombay 194 A tremendous burst of thunder and lightning, termed the Elephanta..The heavy thunderclouds..apparently form directly over the Island of Elephanta. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Elephanter, a heavy periodical rain of Bombay. |