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Webster 1913 Edition

(sĭ-rŏk′kō̍)

Noun.

;

pl.

Siroccos

(sĭ-rŏk′kōz)

[It.

sirocco

scirocco

, Ar.

shorug

, fr.

sharq

the rising of the sun, the east, fr,

sharaca

to rise as the sun. Cf.

An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

Noun.

A pernicious wind that blows from the south east in Italy, called the Syrian wind. It is said to resemble the steam from the mouth of an oven.