east wind

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east wind - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  east wind
      n 1: a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter,
           easterly]

east wind - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  East wind
  the wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.).
  Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" (Gen. 41:6); the
  withered "gourd" (Jonah 4: 8). It was the cause and also the
  emblem of evil (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12; Hos. 13:15). In Palestine
  this wind blows from a burning desert, and hence is destitute of
  moisture necessary for vegetation.