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samiel |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Samiel \Sa"mi*el\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf {Simoom}.] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: samiel n : a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa [syn: {simoom}, {simoon}]
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