Samoor
. 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.