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Samoor

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The south wind of Persia, which so softens the strings of lutes, that they can never be tuned while it lasts. (Stephen: Persia.)

“Like the wind of the south oʹer a summer lute blowing,

Hushed all its music, and withered its frame.”


 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Samaritan
Sambo
Samedi (French)
Samian
Samian Letter (The)
Samian Sage (The)
Samiasa
Samiel
Samiel Wind, or Simoom
Sammael
Samoor
Samosatian Philosopher
Sampford Ghost (The)
Sampi
Sampler
Sampson
Samson
Samson Carrasco
San Benito (The)
San Christobal
San Suena