siroccon.

/sɪˈrɒkəʊ/

Forms: Also 1600s syrocco, 1700s syrocca, serocco; 1600s, 1800s scirocco, 1800s scirrocco.

Etymology: < Italian sirocco, scirocco (also scilocco ), = Spanish siroco (also xaloque ), Portuguese xarouco , Provençal siroc , older French siroc , siroch (also siloc , sciloque , etc.), < Arabic sharq east, < sharaqa (the sun) rose. Compare siroc n.

a. An oppressively hot and blighting wind, blowing from the north coast of Africa over the Mediterranean and affecting parts of Southern Europe (where it is also moist and depressing). Usually with the.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind > in Mediterranean Europe and North Africa

sirocco1617

sirocco1700

siroc1775

gibli1821

leveche1887

α.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 211 The South-East winde (which the Italians call Syrocco) did blow very contrary to us.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 706 Forth rush..Eurus and Zephir with thir lateral noise, Sirocco, and Libecchio.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 503 The woods south of Rome are kept up as a fence against the Sirocco, or south-west wind.

a1791 J. Wesley Serm. lxix, in Wks. (1811) IX. 251 There will be no Sirocco in Italy.

1818 Mrs. E. H. Iliff Poems (ed. 2) 120 When dire Sirocco..From Afric's burning sands mephitic vapours brings.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xv. 171 Where the sirocco steals away their strength.

1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 21 The sirocco was blowing up and down the streets.

in extended use.1848 J. S. Robinson Sketches Great West 17 The dreaded Sirocco..burns us even through our clothes.1870 Weekly Standard (Buenos Aires) 21 Dec. Suppl. col. 6 The Sirocco on Wednesday was so terrible that in the effort to keep cool, the mind reverted to icebergs and Polar travels but all in vain.1872 E. Braddon Life in India ii. 14 From the west blows a scorching wind, the sirocco of..the Daodpore desert.β. 1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 28 Oct. (1964) II. 132 My health is better so long as the Scirocco blows.1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres II. 223 Under the balmy skies of the early spring, before the horrible scirocco begins to blow.1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life iii. 33 The insidious heat of the scirocco.

b. With a and plural.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind > in Mediterranean Europe and North Africa

sirocco1617

sirocco1700

siroc1775

gibli1821

leveche1887

α.

1700 J. Jackson Let. 2 Feb. in S. Pepys Private Corr. (1926) I. 278 But the weather being changed and the Sciroccos now blowing into the place of the Tramontains, this design is become impracticable.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 34 The atmosphere is thick and dusky; 'Tis a sirocco.

1884 St. James's Gaz. 11 Dec. 10/2 The storm..was followed by a sirocco, which lasted until noon.

β. 1841 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 71 We have incessant rain, which is as bad as your sciroccos.1860 A. J. Harvey Our Cruise Claymore vii. 134 A khamseen was blowing;..this wind, which is an exaggerated scirocco, brings clouds of hot sand from the desert.

c. figurative. A blighting influence; a fiery storm.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > violent thing or being

wildfirea1400

rager1440

ring-tailed roarer1828

sirocco1859

head-the-ball1958

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring > by environmental or supernatural factors > damaging influence

witherer1828

sirocco1859

1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xxiv. 401 I have passed through a sirocco of the soul.

1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone I. ii. 40 Now Scandal's sirocco seized a spiteful anecdote, and twirled and twisted and sent it spinning.

2. elliptical. A sirocco drying-machine (see sirocco drying-machine n. at Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying

sirocco drying-closet1885

sirocco1890

sirocco drying-machine1890

sirocco oven1890

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > kiln

oastOE

malt-kiln1538

malting kiln1641

east1669

plate kiln1738

cockle oast1743

hop-kiln1784

hop-oast1818

cockle stove1877

sirocco1890

1890 Daily News 2 Sept. 2/5 When the hops have been sufficiently rolled..they are..placed in the drying machine or sirocco.

1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 105 In the process of ‘firing’ the leaves are..placed in layers in a hot-air machine, known as a ‘Sirocco’.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

sirocco blast n.

ΚΠ

1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. xxiii. 5 Your vines shall mock scirocco blasts.

sirocco-dust n.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust-cloud or sand-cloud

red fog1828

brickfielder1829

sand-cloud1852

sea-dust1879

sirocco-dust1879

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > cloud of > from dried rivers or lakes

red fog1828

sea-dust1879

sirocco-dust1879

1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 266/1 The dust or sand of dried lakes..borne away into the upper regions of the atmosphere,..may descend again..in the form of ‘red-fog’, ‘sea-dust’, or ‘sirocco-dust’.

sirocco fog n.

ΚΠ

1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres II. xxiii. 295 The mountains..were veiled in a dreamy, sad-looking scirocco fog.

sirocco gale n.

ΚΠ

1895 F. M. Crawford Casa Braccio xxxvi Then came November with its pestilent sirocco gales and its dampness.

sirocco weather n.

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1897 M. L. Hughes Mediterranean Fever v. 193 It [sc. ice] will also be needed in warm and sirocco weather.

sirocco wind n.

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1777 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 253 The same effect..which..the sirocco winds have upon the inhabitants of Sicily.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 19 An enfeebling and unhinging power, like that of the Sirocco wind.

C2.

sirocco drying-closet n.

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the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying

sirocco drying-closet1885

sirocco1890

sirocco drying-machine1890

sirocco oven1890

1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 115/2 About a third of the tea..is cured in Davidson's so-called ‘sirocco’ drying-closets.

sirocco drying-machine n.

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the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying

sirocco drying-closet1885

sirocco1890

sirocco drying-machine1890

sirocco oven1890

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Oct. 2/3 The first ‘Sirocco’ drying machine (in which hops are being made into tea).

Categories »

sirocco fan n. a fan for forcing a strong current of air into a mine, etc.

sirocco oven n. a closet, machine, or oven for drying hops or tea-leaves, by means of a hot, moist current of air (cf. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying

sirocco drying-closet1885

sirocco1890

sirocco drying-machine1890

sirocco oven1890

1890 Daily News 2 Sept. 2/5 The machinery consists of a Sirocco oven and a patent tea roller.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sirocco
释义	siroccon. /sɪˈrɒkəʊ/ Forms: Also 1600s syrocco, 1700s syrocca, serocco; 1600s, 1800s scirocco, 1800s scirrocco. Etymology: < Italian sirocco, scirocco (also scilocco ), = Spanish siroco (also xaloque ), Portuguese xarouco , Provençal siroc , older French siroc , siroch (also siloc , sciloque , etc.), < Arabic sharq east, < sharaqa (the sun) rose. Compare siroc n. 1. a. An oppressively hot and blighting wind, blowing from the north coast of Africa over the Mediterranean and affecting parts of Southern Europe (where it is also moist and depressing). Usually with the. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind > in Mediterranean Europe and North Africa sirocco1617 sirocco1700 siroc1775 gibli1821 leveche1887 α. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 211 The South-East winde (which the Italians call Syrocco) did blow very contrary to us. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 706 Forth rush..Eurus and Zephir with thir lateral noise, Sirocco, and Libecchio. View more context for this quotation 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 503 The woods south of Rome are kept up as a fence against the Sirocco, or south-west wind. a1791 J. Wesley Serm. lxix, in Wks. (1811) IX. 251 There will be no Sirocco in Italy. 1818 Mrs. E. H. Iliff Poems (ed. 2) 120 When dire Sirocco..From Afric's burning sands mephitic vapours brings. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xv. 171 Where the sirocco steals away their strength. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 21 The sirocco was blowing up and down the streets. in extended use.1848 J. S. Robinson Sketches Great West 17 The dreaded Sirocco..burns us even through our clothes.1870 Weekly Standard (Buenos Aires) 21 Dec. Suppl. col. 6 The Sirocco on Wednesday was so terrible that in the effort to keep cool, the mind reverted to icebergs and Polar travels but all in vain.1872 E. Braddon Life in India ii. 14 From the west blows a scorching wind, the sirocco of..the Daodpore desert.β. 1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 28 Oct. (1964) II. 132 My health is better so long as the Scirocco blows.1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres II. 223 Under the balmy skies of the early spring, before the horrible scirocco begins to blow.1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life iii. 33 The insidious heat of the scirocco. b. With a and plural. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind > in Mediterranean Europe and North Africa sirocco1617 sirocco1700 siroc1775 gibli1821 leveche1887 α. 1700 J. Jackson Let. 2 Feb. in S. Pepys Private Corr. (1926) I. 278 But the weather being changed and the Sciroccos now blowing into the place of the Tramontains, this design is become impracticable. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 34 The atmosphere is thick and dusky; 'Tis a sirocco. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 11 Dec. 10/2 The storm..was followed by a sirocco, which lasted until noon. β. 1841 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 71 We have incessant rain, which is as bad as your sciroccos.1860 A. J. Harvey Our Cruise Claymore vii. 134 A khamseen was blowing;..this wind, which is an exaggerated scirocco, brings clouds of hot sand from the desert. c. figurative. A blighting influence; a fiery storm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > violent thing or being wildfirea1400 rager1440 ring-tailed roarer1828 sirocco1859 head-the-ball1958 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring > by environmental or supernatural factors > damaging influence witherer1828 sirocco1859 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xxiv. 401 I have passed through a sirocco of the soul. 1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone I. ii. 40 Now Scandal's sirocco seized a spiteful anecdote, and twirled and twisted and sent it spinning. 2. elliptical. A sirocco drying-machine (see sirocco drying-machine n. at Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying sirocco drying-closet1885 sirocco1890 sirocco drying-machine1890 sirocco oven1890 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > kiln oastOE malt-kiln1538 malting kiln1641 east1669 plate kiln1738 cockle oast1743 hop-kiln1784 hop-oast1818 cockle stove1877 sirocco1890 1890 Daily News 2 Sept. 2/5 When the hops have been sufficiently rolled..they are..placed in the drying machine or sirocco. 1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 105 In the process of ‘firing’ the leaves are..placed in layers in a hot-air machine, known as a ‘Sirocco’. Compounds C1. General attributive. sirocco blast n. ΚΠ 1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. xxiii. 5 Your vines shall mock scirocco blasts. sirocco-dust n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust-cloud or sand-cloud red fog1828 brickfielder1829 sand-cloud1852 sea-dust1879 sirocco-dust1879 the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > cloud of > from dried rivers or lakes red fog1828 sea-dust1879 sirocco-dust1879 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 266/1 The dust or sand of dried lakes..borne away into the upper regions of the atmosphere,..may descend again..in the form of ‘red-fog’, ‘sea-dust’, or ‘sirocco-dust’. sirocco fog n. ΚΠ 1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres II. xxiii. 295 The mountains..were veiled in a dreamy, sad-looking scirocco fog. sirocco gale n. ΚΠ 1895 F. M. Crawford Casa Braccio xxxvi Then came November with its pestilent sirocco gales and its dampness. sirocco weather n. ΚΠ 1897 M. L. Hughes Mediterranean Fever v. 193 It [sc. ice] will also be needed in warm and sirocco weather. sirocco wind n. ΚΠ 1777 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 253 The same effect..which..the sirocco winds have upon the inhabitants of Sicily. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 19 An enfeebling and unhinging power, like that of the Sirocco wind. C2. sirocco drying-closet n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying sirocco drying-closet1885 sirocco1890 sirocco drying-machine1890 sirocco oven1890 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 115/2 About a third of the tea..is cured in Davidson's so-called ‘sirocco’ drying-closets. sirocco drying-machine n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying sirocco drying-closet1885 sirocco1890 sirocco drying-machine1890 sirocco oven1890 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Oct. 2/3 The first ‘Sirocco’ drying machine (in which hops are being made into tea). Categories » sirocco fan n. a fan for forcing a strong current of air into a mine, etc. sirocco oven n. a closet, machine, or oven for drying hops or tea-leaves, by means of a hot, moist current of air (cf. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > oven for drying sirocco drying-closet1885 sirocco1890 sirocco drying-machine1890 sirocco oven1890 1890 Daily News 2 Sept. 2/5 The machinery consists of a Sirocco oven and a patent tea roller. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). siroccov. Forms: Also scirocco. Etymology: < sirocco n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: siˈrocco. rare. intransitive and transitive. To blow (about) like the sirocco. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow like sirocco sirocco1921 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > cause to move in circle or curve [verb (transitive)] > move in circle round something > as if blown by wind sirocco1921 1921 D. H. Lawrence Let. 16 Nov. (1962) II. 677 It has blown, the wind, and snowed on Calabria, and sciroccoed till we are all of us in fragments. 1937 J. Squire Honeysuckle & Bee vi. 170 The monotonous maudlin refrain of a song about the Isle of Capri... As it faded away, I remembered where, when it had already sciroccoed the world for six months, I had last heard it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1617v.1921
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siroccon.

Compounds

siroccov.