gully squall

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• Gully

  ·noun A large knife. II. Gully ·vi To flow noisily. III. Gully ·noun A grooved iron rail or tram p...

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• Squall

  ·noun A loud scream; a harsh cry. II. Squall ·noun A sudden violent gust of wind often attended wit...

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• gully

  n. a narrow valley. The word is verycommon in Australia, and is frequently used as a place name.It ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gully

  A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water.--Webster. This word is much used in the...

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• gully

  a common knife. N. ...

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• gully

  The channels worn on the face of mountains by heavy rains. Also, a rivulet which empties itself into...

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• squall

  A sudden gust of wind, frequently occasioned by the interruption and reverberation of the wind from ...

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• Gully Hole

  South from Thames Street to the river. In Bridge Ward Within, west of London Bridge (O. and M. 1677-...

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• gully-raker

  n. a long whip. 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 40: «The driver appealin...

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• gully-mouth

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• arched squall

  A violent gust of wind, usually distinguished by the arched form of the clouds near the horizon, whe...

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• bermuda squall

  A sudden and strong wintry tempest experienced in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Bermudas; it is prece...

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• black squall

  This squall, although generally ascribed to the West Indies, as well as the white squall, may be pri...

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• broken squall

  When the clouds separate in divisions, passing ahead and astern of a ship, and affecting her but lit...

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• descending squall

  A fitful gust of wind issuing from clouds which are formed in the lower parts of the atmosphere. It ...

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• thunder squall

  This is similar to the black squall, only that it is always preceded and attended by lightning and t...

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• white squall

  A tropical wind said to give no warning; it sweeps the surface with spoon-drift. ...

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• fern-tree gully

  See fern-tree and gully. ...

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