| 单词 | ponent wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasponent wind 1. Situated in the west; westerly. Chiefly in ponent wind. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] westwardeOE westOE westerOE westernOE occidentalc1400 Occidenta1500 Hesperiana1547 westerly1549 westenc1550 westernly1575 westernlyc1595 setting1612 westwardly1651 ponent1667 westing1669 westlin1720 occasive1802 westland1818 westwards1838 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 704 Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent Windes . View more context for this quotation 1806 J. W. Croker Amazoniad ii. v. 59 Tho' half relenting fate inclin'd, Half lost in Levant and in ponent wind. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad iii. 655 The ponent wind in vain he plies. 1946 G. Stimpson Thousand Things 296 Throughout the Mediterranean region the east wind frequently is called the levant wind and the west wind the ponent wind. < as lemmas |
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