Definitionn. a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
Last update: June 8, 2015
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"The people in places where the simoon is frequent," says Mountstuart Elphinstone (An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, p. 140, 1815), "eat garlic, and rub their lips and noses with it, when they go out in the heat of the summer, to prevent their suffering by the simoon." [Please select]
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The Simoon lay at the wharf all night, which was unusually mild for that season of the year. [Please select]
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On a beautiful day in spring the Simoon entered New York Bay, and Jim resolved to seize the first opportunity to escape. [Please select]
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It's a simoon that you're thinking about, and they happen only on the desert.' [Please select]
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"That's never a squall--no, nor a gale, nor a simoon, nor anything else o' the sort that I ever heard of."' [Please select]
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The next morning the Simoon left the wharf and started up the Hudson. [Please select]
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The Simoon sailed steadily upward till the day wore by, by which time she was a good many miles above the metropolis. [Please select]
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