black squall

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black squall - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Squall \Squall\ (skw[add]l), n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous
     running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqvala
     to stream, to gush.]
     A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or
     snow.
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           The gray skirts of a lifting squall.     --Tennyson.
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     Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.
  
     Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail,
        sleet, or snow. --Totten.
  
     White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without
        being marked in its approach by the clouds. --Totten.
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