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Strong gale   /strɔŋ geɪl/   Listen
Strong gale

noun
1.
Wind moving 47-54 knots; 9 on the Beaufort scale.





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"Strong gale" Quotes from Famous Books



... while the ships were still surrounded by ice, a strong gale sprang up, with a heavy sea, which made it very dangerous for them to remain in the position in which they then were. The peril was yet further increased by an immense field of ice which appeared to the north, extending from north-east by ...
— Captain Cook - His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries • W.H.G. Kingston
... ragged line of cypress swamp half encircled it and gleamed weirdly under a sky packed with dark clouds that flashed and growled and boomed and growled again. You could see rain falling from one cloud over Lake Pontchartrain; the strong gale brought the sweet smell of it. Westward, yonder, you may still descry the old calaboose just peeping over the tops of some lofty trees; and that bunch a little at the left is Congo Square; but the old, old ...
— Strange True Stories of Louisiana • George Washington Cable
... strong gale blew the English ship some distance off the coast, and was followed by a thick fog, during which the French squadron managed to tow out of the harbour, but were in such a hurry to get away that they did not stop to pick up their boats and immediately made sail, being so far out of reach ...
— The Life of Captain James Cook • Arthur Kitson
... scours with sagacious nose Along the field, and snuffs each breeze that blows; Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs him to the prey. Now the warm scent assures the covey near; He treads with caution, and he points with fear. The fluttering coveys from the stubble rise, And on swift wing divide the sounding skies; The scatt'ring lead pursues the certain ...
— Anecdotes of Dogs • Edward Jesse
... should think," Donovan replied. "Look at the sail she's got on! They've been getting out studding-sails too. This strong gale ...
— Left on Labrador - or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' • Charles Asbury Stephens


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