2. Verb. (third-person singular of flurry) ¹
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Definition of Flurries
1. flurry [v] - See also: flurry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flurries
Literary usage of Flurries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands by Henry Wood Elliott (1886)
"The " Curved Beach."—The Landscape a Fascinating Picture to the Ship-weary
Traveller.—flurries of Snow in August.—Winds that Riot over this Aleutian Chain. ..."
2. Fowler's Practical Phrenology: Giving a Concise Elementary View of by Orson Squire Fowler (1840)
"... in his disposition; and, excepting occasional flurries of passion, which are
produced by irritability of temperament, seldom shows strong indignation. ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"... the force of the usual windstorms and flurries of wind to be expected in
Atlanta, and especially at the place where the Peters Building Is located. ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"This is to render the weight of the whole more fit to resist the violent flurries
of •wind, that frequently rush into the plains, from the openings of the ..."
5. Annual Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska by Sheldon Jackson, United States Bureau of Education (1898)
"October 15: Snow flurries, with strong northwest wind. ... October 20: Overcast,
with strong north wind and snow flurries. ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by New York (State). Supreme Court (1846)
"The beacon light on the end of the pier was seen occasionally through the flurries
of snow. Besides the beacon light, there was usually a light at the ..."
7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
".These expiring convulsions wero called the flurries.—House of Repr., Dec.
27 : Cong. ... Webster, 1828, NED 1833 We had two flurries on successive days. ..."
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