Definition for BO'RE-AS

BO'RE-AS, n. [L. boreas; Gr. βορεας, the north wind; Russ. boria, boreas, and buria, a storm or tempest; buran, a tempest with snow. The Russ. gives the radical sense.]

The northern wind; a cold northerly wind. – Milton.

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