Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Norte

Violent northern gales, which visit the Gulf of Mexico from September to March. In March they attain their maximum force, and then immediately cease. (Spanish, nórte, the north.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Norroy
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