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Webster 1913 Edition

Squall

Squall

(skwa̤l)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Sw.
sqval
an impetuous running of water,
sqval
regn a violent shower of rain,
sqvala
to stream, to gush.]
A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
The gray skirts of a lifting
squall
.
Tennyson.
Black squall
,
a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.
–
Thick squall
,
a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
Totten.
–
White squall
,
a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds.
Totten.

Squall

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Squalled
(skwa̤ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Squalling
.]
[Icel.
skvala
. Cf.
Squeal
.]
To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress;
as, the infant
squalled
.

Squall

,
Noun.
A loud scream; a harsh cry.
There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, –
The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller
squall
.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Squall

SQUALL

,
Verb.
I.
To cry out; to scream or cry violently; as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; a, the infant squalled.

SQUALL

,
Noun.
1.
A loud scream; a harsh cry.
2.
A sudden gust of violent wind.

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