All 9 Uses of
squall
in
Lonesome Dove
- A squall blew up as they were starting the cattle into the water, and by the time Old Dog was across the twenty yards of swimming water, Dish on one side of him and Call on the other, the gray sky suddenly began to spit out little white pellets.†
Chpt 62-63squall = windy storm
- But by the time he and Dish hit the north shore and regained their wet saddles, he realized it was more than a squall.†
Chpt 62-63 *
- Gus looked so weak and shaky that Pea Eye wondered if he could still shoot accurately, but the question was answered later in the day when an Indian tried to shoot them from the opposite bank, using a little rain squall as cover.†
Chpt 93-94
- A squall had blown in.†
Chpt 93-94
- At first the stones were small, and he wasn't too worried, for he had seen fleeting hail squalls pass in five minutes.†
Chpt 62-63
- Above them, the baby was squalling.†
Chpt 81-82
- His head hurt so he felt like shooting himself, the baby was squalling overhead, and yet she would ask questions.†
Chpt 81-82
- The young man didn't need his lance—he could just take the squalling baby back to its mother.†
Chpt 89-90
- "Can't you give that squalling baby to the women?" he asked.†
Chpt 89-90
Definitions:
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(1)
(squall as in: a squall blew in) sudden strong winds; or a storm -- usually at sea or in the snow
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, squall can refer a loud cry or any commotion or disturbance such as an argument.