Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciroc
Literary usage of Sciroc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"And now, perhaps, the sciroc sinks down,—a calm still move oppressive ensues,—and
Ability, listlessness, utter lassitude of mind and body, ..."
2. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1823)
"The most delicate habits will emerge from three or four days of sciroc, ...
The change from sciroc imparts, of course, a feeling of elasticity and ..."
3. Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East. With a Sketch of the State and by Charles Greenstreet Addison (1838)
"The weather was hazy, and a hot sciroc wind from the southward blew in puffs ...
When a sciroc wind, however, blows, it is impossible to keep the heat out. ..."
4. Letters from the North of Italy: Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq. by William Stewart Rose (1819)
"I attribute, on the grounds I have mentioned, this strange influence of perfumes
to the sciroc ; but this wind, very prevalent here, has so many other ..."
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