Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Boreas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boreas \Bo"re*as\, n. [L. boreas, Gr. ?.]
The north wind; -- usually a personification.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boreas
n 1: a wind from the north [syn: {north wind}, {norther}]
2: (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind;
"Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged
and draped against the cold" [syn: {Boreas}]
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