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‖ boˈrasco, -ˈasque
Also boˈrasca, borrasque, burrasca.
[Fr. bourrasque, and Sp., Pg., Cat. borrasca, ad. It. burasca (Florio), burrasca (Baretti), according to Diez, augmentative of bora1.]
A violent squall of wind.
1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. vii. 242 Whirlwinds, Hurricanes, Borasques, Tornado, Tuffon. 1692Sir T. Blount Ess. 143 You may see Vulcano's, Hurricans and Borasco's in him. 1849J. A. St. John in Tait's Mag. XVI. 733 A borasco overtook them. 1850Ibid. XVII. 28 The burrascas of the Mediterranean are often of short continuance. 1854Badham Halieut. 97 A mighty change..might wind up the evening with a sudden borrasque. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Borasca, a storm, with thunder and lightning. |