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** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1912 | author=w:Jack London | title=A Son Of The Sun | chapter=8
|passage=The front of the wind on the water was a solid, sharply defined strip
of dark-coloured, wind-vexed water. In advance of this strip, like
skirmishers, were flashes of WINDFLAWS.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2008 | author= 吴语: Willie Nelson ,; Mike Blakely | title=A Tale Out of Luck: A Novel | isbn=9781599951768 | url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=sm4z04b6Iy8C&pg=PT180&dq=%22windflaw%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LxP7UoXrD8202AWoh4CQBQ&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22windflaw%22&f=false
|passage=The smoke seemed to cover them all halfway to the house, but then it
twisted away on a WINDFLAW and lifted like a stage curtain.}}
**** Synonyms
- [en]
**** Translations
[Sudden strong wind]
- Maori: [mi]
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*** References
- [R:OneLook]