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Meanings of equinoctial gales in English

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Usage of equinoctial gales in English
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I had forgot about the equinoctial gales, and this caught me unawares.
Mince Pie
2
Very long and very severe were the equinoctial gales that year.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
3
A high wind was blowing, the first of the equinoctial gales heralding the spring.
The Sowers
4
We shall have the equinoctial gales soon, I dare say.'
The Golden Calf
5
The equinoctial gales usually begin on March 20 (to-morrow), so the captain says.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"
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The equinoctial gales had set in early that year.
The Heavenly Twins
7
There began the sea, the tumult of which could be distinctly heard during the equinoctial gales.
The Underground City; Or, The Black Indies / (Sometimes Called T...
8
The equinoctial gales had been protracted and severe.
A Child of the Glens; or, Elsie's Fortunes
9
The equinoctial gales had now fairly set in, with violent south-east gales, heavy thunder, lightning, and rain.
Himalayan Journals — Volume 1 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Ben...
10
But to drowning people it would be no comfort that they were shipwrecked only by equinoctial gales.
Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
11
It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales had set in with exceptional violence.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
12
The weather was dull, and the sea, forefeeling the approach of the equinoctial gales, was restless and heaving.
An Iceland Fisherman
13
Yet this is the season of the equinoctial gales, and the Bermudan waters are swept by frequent tempests.
Facing the Flag
14
But how about the equinoctial gales?
Mince Pie
15
The equinoctial gales were blowing, and Captain Williams thought it wise to make for the Harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands
16
Many are the dangers to be encountered, equinoctial gales and coral reefs, ere he may sail before the constant trades.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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