What does north wind mean?
North wind means Alternative form of north wind..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of north wind..
[…] promising to surrender them whenever they should be summoned by a fleet that should sail to them [the Pelasgians of Lemnos] from Attica in one day with a northwind.
[...] and notwithstanding the cutting blasts of a northwind, and the sharp driftings of the half-frozen snow, [...]
To illustrate more fully, if an author managed over a certain number of his pages to produce a feeling of sultriness, or oppression, in the reader, this would unconsciously awaken in the reader the desire for a cold, fresh northwind — and thus some aspect of a northwind would be effective if called forth by some aspect of sultriness.
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North wind means Alternative form of north wind..
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[…] promising to surrender them whenever they should be summoned by a fleet that should sail to them [the Pelasgians of Lemnos] from Attica in one day with a northwind.
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