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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Samiel \Sa"mi*el\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison
     + Turk. yel wind. Cf. {Simoom}.]
     A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey,
     from the desert. It is identical with the {simoom} of Arabia
     and the {kamsin} of Syria.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Simoom \Si*moom"\, Simoon \Si*moon"\, n. [Ar. sam?m, fr. samma
     to poison. Cf. {Samiel}.]
     A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows
     occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries,
     generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy
     plains.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  simoom
       n : a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and
           North Africa [syn: {simoon}, {samiel}]

















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