The wind howled as she settled against the far wall to wait out the storm.

It is, of course, a matter of common observation that the wind increases in velocity from the surface upwards. On the eastern side are numerous sand hills, formed by the wind into innumerable fantastic shapes, sometimes covered with stunted trees and scanty vegetation, but usually bare and rising to heights of from 150 to 250 ft. Robin Hood is Hod, the god of the wind, a form of Woden; Maid Marian is Morgen, the dawn-maiden; Friar Tuck is Toki, the spirit of frost and snow.". The nature of the soil appears, however, to be of secondary importance, provided that it is able to hold moisture and that climatic conditions of high and even temperature with considerable rainfall and absence of wind are satisfied. Is the leaves danced in the wind a simile? Between the 26th and the 30th of July Tromp, by a series of skilful manoeuvres, united the divided Dutch squadrons in the face of Monk's fleet, and on the 30th he stood out to sea with the wind in his favour, and gave battle. Song is told to go undercover as a hospital patient in order to secure evidence leading to his arrest. In Sicily and southern Italy the Sirocco occurs at all seasons; it is a dry, dusty wind from south-east or south-west. For then on, she stalls on getting more testimony from Park, instead taking numerous dance lessons from him. The weather remained ominous with dark clouds rolling in, pushed by an ever-increasing wind that churned the sky in threatening waves. The fertile leaves or sporophylls are generally aggregated on special shoots to form rioweN which may contain one or both kinds The microspores are set free from the sporangiurn and carried generally by wind or insect agency to the vicinity of the macrospore, which never leaves the ovule. The direction of the prevailing wind is S.W.

From May until October the prevailing wind is southeast, from November to January it is north, and from February to April it is east. A gust of pine and jet fuel scented wind whipped by her. Answer Save. In both alike the scirocco, bringing rain from the south-west, is a prevalent wind, as well as the bora, the fearful north-north-easter of Illyria, which, sweeping down the lateral valleys of the Dinaric Alps, overwhelms everything in its path. This result was apparently confirmed by some independent experiments, but it Is very far from the truth, for it is now known that the actual ratio, or factor as it is commonly called, of the velocity of the wind to that of the cups depends very largely on the dimensions of the cups and arms, and may have almost any value between two and a little over three.

On stones too large for facing-plates a diagonal draft was run, so as to avoid any wind in the plane (P.T. Sean's body collapsed beneath the blanket, and the ocean's wind whipped the cloth into the air. "Wind me up and take me anywhere," he'd say, much to her irritation. This is an eco-friendly venue, which reduces its carbon footprint by composting waste, conserving water and using wind power. At any time a gust of wind could send the car over the cliff. The provision of wind breaks is the only effective remedy. Taiyo - sun. P. van der Stok, Regenwaarnemingen and Atlas of Wind and Weather (Batavia, 1897). Birds are even more effective than wind in transporting seeds to long distances. The land forms of a desert are exceedingly characteristic. The north-east wind is the most prevalent, and sometimes blows for months together. Virgil is serene and lovely like a marble Apollo in the moonlight; Homer is a beautiful, animated youth in the full sunlight with the wind in his hair. The night must be dark and the wind on shore. An example of dance is to engage in the salsa. Gabriel was at his place in the underworld, a small cottage tucked into Death.s realm, in the Everdark forest of Immortal trees whose hissing, fanlike leaves and snake-like branches moved to catch the quiet wind. Years ago, Park was living a life without meaning, despite being married with a baby boy.