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squall
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The Odyssey
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- No, the squalls shattered her stem to stern, but I,
I swam hard, I plowed my way through those dark gulfs
till at last the wind and current bore me to your shores.†p. 188.3 - They loosed the sack and all the winds burst out
and a sudden squall struck and swept us back to sea,
wailing, in tears, far from our own native land.†p. 232.1 * - I bore it all, held firm, hiding my face,
clinging tight to the decks
while heavy squalls blasted our squadron back
again to Aeolus' island, shipmates groaning hard.†p. 232.3 - All of a sudden
killer-squalls attacked us, screaming out of the,west,
a murderous blast shearing the two forestays off
so the mast toppled backward, its running tackle spilling
into the bilge.†p. 283.9 - Then all the crimes of the Cyclops and how he paid him back
for the gallant men the monster ate without a qualm—
then how he visited Aeolus, who gave him a hero's welcome
then he sent him off, but the homeward run was not his fate,
not yet—some sudden squalls snatched him away once more
and drove him over the swarming sea, groaning in despair.†p. 465.9
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) a loud cry or any commotion or disturbance such as an argument