[a. Gr. εὐροκλύδων (if genuine, only in Acts xxvii. 14, where the better attested reading is εὐρακλύλων: see EURAQUILO), f. εὖρος east wind + κλύδων wave, billow.] A stormy wind mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles: see EURAQUILO. Hence occas. with allusion to this, a ‘tempestuous wind’ in general. Also fig.
1611. Bible, Acts xxvii. 14. There arose against it a tempestuous winde, called Euroclydon.
1667. Waterhouse, Fire Lond., 3. Men are so variously acted in this Euroclydon of Providence.
1676. I. Mather, Hist. Wars (1862), 162. It … continued a cold Euroclidon, or, North-East storm all that day and night.
1767. J. Bryant (title), Observations and Inquiries relating to various parts of Ancient History, containing Dissertations on the Wind Euroclydon.
1839. Longf., Midn. Mass for Dying Year. The storm-wind from Labrador, The wind Euroclydon.
1870. Lowell, Study Wind., Good Word for Winter. Euroclydon … bellows down the chimney.
