HURRICANE  , a See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind-See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm of See also:

• GREAT

great force and violence, originally as experienced in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies; it is now used to describe similar storms in other regions, except in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies and the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese seas, where they are generally known as " typhoons." Hurricane is the strongest force of wind in the See also:

• BEAUFORT
• BEAUFORT, FRANCOIS DE VENDOME
• BEAUFORT, HENRY (c. 1377–1447)
• BEAUFORT, LOUIS DE (d. 1795)

Beaufort See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale . The Caribbean word huracan was introduced by the Portuguese, See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and Dutch explorers of the 15th and 16th centuries into many See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, as in Span. huracan, Portu. furacao, Ital. uracane, Fr. ouragan, and in Swed., Ger. and Dutch as orkan, or orkaan . A " hurricane-See also:

• DECK

deck " is an upper deck on a steamer which protects the See also:

• LOWER

lower one, and incidentally serves as a See also:

• PROMENADE

promenade .