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simoon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Simoom \Si*moom"\, Simoon \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: simoon n : a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa [syn: {simoom}, {samiel}]
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