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Northeaster

noun
1.
A storm blowing from the northeast.  Synonym: noreaster.



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... matter of history. Seagoing steamers remained tied to their wharves. The shores of the Chesapeake Bay were strewn with wrecks. The "Adriatic" (our vessel) was iron bottomed and drew six feet of water. The Chesapeake can kick up a sea, give it a northeaster, that would gratify ...
— Between the Lines - Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After • Henry Bascom Smith
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... hardly have fallen upon a more obscure or despised place for the consummation of their enterprise in the city of Boston than was this selfsame negro church and school-room. The weather added an ever memorable night to the opprobrium of the spot. A fierce northeaster accompanied with "snow, rain, and hail in equal proportions" was roaring and careering through the city's streets. To an eye-witness, Oliver Johnson, "it almost seemed as if Nature was frowning upon the new effort ...
— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke
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Words linked to "Northeaster" :   storm, violent storm


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