efflation†, eluvium†; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr;
blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent.
gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane,
whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon; simoon†,
simoom; harmattan†, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise†,
tramontane, levanter; capful of wind; fresh breeze, stiff breeze; keen
blast; blizzard, barber [Can.], candelia†, chinook, foehn, khamsin†,
norther, vendaval†, wuther†.
windiness &c adj.; ventosity†; rough weather, dirty weather, ugly
weather, stress of weather; dirty sky, mare's tail; thick squall, black
squall, white squall.
anemography†, aerodynamics; wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather-
vane, wind sock; anemometer, anemoscope†.
sufflation†, insufflation†, perflation†, inflation, afflation†;
blowing, fanning &c v.; ventilation.
sneezing &c v.; errhine†; sternutative†, sternutatory†;
sternutation; hiccup, hiccough; catching of the breath.
Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus.
air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator,
punkah†; branchiae†, gills, flabellum†, vertilabrum†.
whiffle ball.
V. blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane &c n.;
wuther†; stream, issue.
respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff,
snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough.
fan, ventilate; inflate, perflate†; blow up.
Adj. blowing &c v.; windy, flatulent; breezy, gusty, squally; stormy,
tempestuous, blustering; boisterous &c (violent) 173.
pulmonic [Med.], pulmonary.
Phr. lull'd by soft zephyrs [Pope]; the storm is up and all is on the
hazard [Julius Caesar]; the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air
[Byron]; while mocking winds are piping loud [Milton]; winged with red
lightning and tempestuous rage [Paradise Lost].