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winter 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 accompanying the "See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

WAVE

wave" that follows the passage of a See also:

CYCLONE (Gr. KVKAwv, whirling, from KbK)^os, a circle)

cyclone across the See also:

UNITED

United States of See also:

AMERICA

America. A warm S.E. or S.W. wind on the See also:

east of such a cyclone materially slackens or entirely See also:

DIES, CHRISTOPH ALBERT (1755-1822)

dies away, and is followed, ofteit suddenly, by the piercingly cold norther. The passage i The Territorial See also:

government embraced both the See also:

PRESENT

present states of See also:

North and See also:

South Dakota. 4 Died in See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office on the loth of See also:

APRIL

April 1880. $.Died in office, See also:

JULY

July 1898. 4 Succeeded See also:

FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank A. See also:

Briggs, deceased, by virtue of his office of See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor.of a cyclone across America is usually from W. to E., and the cyclonic See also:

SYSTEM

system of circulation would produce these results; but as the North See also:

AMERICAN

American cyclones usually originate east of the Rocky Mountains, the warm See also:

air See also:

DRAWN

drawn from the Gulf of See also:

Mexico is not only followed by the cold air drawn from the See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic regions, but the See also:

BODY

body of cold air slides down the eastern slopes of the Rockies and advances as a solid See also:

WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

wedge (the " cold wave ") under the cyclone itself. " Uncomfortably warm in the lightest clothing," a traveller upon the prairies of See also:

TEXAS

Texas may become " uncomfortably cold before he can wrap his blanket around him " (W. Ferrel, A Popular See also:

TREATISE

Treatise on the Winds).

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