samiel

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The pestilential winds of the east are described by various authors under various denominations; as harmattan, samiel, samium, syrocca, kamsin, seravansum.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

The simoon of Africa is the typhoon of China and the samiel of India.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

Simoon, typhoon, and samiel, are believed to be the names of demons.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

They halt for a moment—they form and they stand; Then with sabers aloft they ride down on our band Like the samiel that sweeps o'er Arabia's sand.

From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox