SIMOOM

simoom. Simoom, n. a hot, suffocating wind in sandy desarts

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{ Si‐moom″ (?), Si‐moon″ (?), } n. [[Ar. sam�m, fr. samma to poison. Cf. Samiel.]] A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.