*lydon*

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the southeast wind + &unr_; wave, billow; according to another reading, &unr_;, i. e. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Vulgate Euro-aquilo. ] A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]