[Ger.; according to Grimm a. Rumansch favugn:—L. Favōnius.] A warm dry south wind which blows down the valleys on the north side of the Alps.
1865. D. Page, Handbk. Geol. Terms, Föhn.—The name given in Switzerland to the hot southerly winds of summer (the sirocco).
1883. Ouida, Wanda, I. 77. The fohn was blowing fiercely all the time, and flung the men headlong on the boat’s bottom twice ere they could seize the swimmer.
1883. Guardian, 14 March, 392. Builders … had to guard against the föhn and other Swiss winds.
