Both Uses of
squall
in
Don Quixote
- "And yet thine, Sancho," replied Don Quixote, "ought to be used to such squalls; but mine, reared in soft cloth and fine linen, it is plain they must feel more keenly the pain of this mishap, and if it were not that I imagine—why do I say imagine?†
Chpt 1.15-16 *
- Such was the din of the bells and the squalling of the cats, that though the duke and duchess were the contrivers of the joke they were startled by it, while Don Quixote stood paralysed with fear; and as luck would have it, two or three of the cats made their way in through the grating of his chamber, and flying from one side to the other, made it seem as if there was a legion of devils at large in it.†
Chpt 2.45-46
Definition:
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(squall as in: a squall blew in) sudden strong winds; or a storm -- usually at sea or in the snow