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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a wind that blows from the north;
[syn: north wind, northerly, norther, boreas]

2. (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind;
- Example: "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Boreas \Bo"re*as\, n. [L. boreas, Gr. ?.]
   The north wind; -- usually a personification.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

boreas
    n 1: a wind that blows from the north [syn: north wind,
         northerly, norther, boreas]
    2: (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind;
       "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and
       draped against the cold"