gregale

It is when the gregale blows that the clouds seem to whisper as they crowd through the narrow places up among the peaks, and there was no other sound while these two men crept round each other among the rocks, like two cats upon a roof.

The Isle of Unrest Henry Seton Merriman 1882

The clouds were down, and the gregale was blowing cold and showery.

The Isle of Unrest Henry Seton Merriman 1882

A most violent _gregale_ swept the bare beach of the harbour as we proceeded to the gardens and plantations of the Masheeah, and the restive prancing of the horse was not unlike the dancing about of the cockle-shell bark to which I had been condemned for the last ten days.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828

It soon fell calm, and, as usual, the calm was again succeeded with a violent _gregale_, against which we could not make head.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828

So, in fact, as soon as we got out, a _gregale_ ( "north-easter") came on terrifically, and occasioned us to return early next morning to Jerbah.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828

_gregale_ continued the next two days, striking down several of the date-trees with great fury.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828