SQUALL
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Squall (skw&asuml_;l), n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqvala to stream, to gush.] A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
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The gray skirts of a lifting squall.
Tennyson.
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Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds. -- Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Totten. -- White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds. Totten.
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Squall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squalled (skw&asuml_;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Squalling.] [Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.] To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.
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Squall, n. A loud scream; a harsh cry.
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There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, --
The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall.
Pope.
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