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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MAESTRO , a See also:

north-See also:

WESTERLY

westerly See also:

WIND
WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind observed in the Adriatic and surrounding regions, chiefly during summer. The maestro is a " See also:

FINE

fine See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather " wind, and is the counterpart of the See also:

SIROCCO

sirocco.

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