† suresn.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Spanish sures, sur; Spanish sures pardos.

Etymology: < Spanish sures, plural of sur south, south wind (see south adv.). In sures pardos < South American Spanish (Peru) †sures pardos (1748 in the passage translated in quot. 1758², rare) < sures + pardos , plural of pardo dun-coloured (13th cent.), apparently < pardo pard n.¹

Obsolete.

The southerly winds of the coasts of Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Also sures pardos: such winds accompanied by fogs.

ΚΠ

1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. iv. ii. 162 At the period of the Brisas, the Sures [Sp. Sures] or south-winds begin to blow.

1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. II. ii. iii. 213 These fogs the sailors call Sures pardos [Sp. Sures pardos], and are fond of them, as they are a sure sign that the winds will be fresh and constant.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 666 Sures. Peculiar southerly winds which blow on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, accompanied by a fog or vapour, called sures pardos.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sures
释义	† suresn. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Spanish sures, sur; Spanish sures pardos. Etymology: < Spanish sures, plural of sur south, south wind (see south adv.). In sures pardos < South American Spanish (Peru) †sures pardos (1748 in the passage translated in quot. 1758², rare) < sures + pardos , plural of pardo dun-coloured (13th cent.), apparently < pardo pard n.¹ Obsolete. The southerly winds of the coasts of Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Also sures pardos: such winds accompanied by fogs. ΚΠ 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. iv. ii. 162 At the period of the Brisas, the Sures [Sp. Sures] or south-winds begin to blow. 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. II. ii. iii. 213 These fogs the sailors call Sures pardos [Sp. Sures pardos], and are fond of them, as they are a sure sign that the winds will be fresh and constant. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 666 Sures. Peculiar southerly winds which blow on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, accompanied by a fog or vapour, called sures pardos. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1758
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