Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

349. [Air in motion] Wind — N. wind, draught, flatus, afflatus,

efflation†, eluvium†; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent. gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon; simoon†, simoom; harmattan†, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise†, tramontane, levanter; capful of wind; fresh breeze, stiff breeze; keen blast; blizzard, barber [Can.], candelia†, chinook, foehn, khamsin†, norther, vendaval†, wuther†. windiness &c adj.; ventosity†; rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather; dirty sky, mare's tail; thick squall, black squall, white squall. anemography†, aerodynamics; wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather- vane, wind sock; anemometer, anemoscope†. sufflation†, insufflation†, perflation†, inflation, afflation†; blowing, fanning &c v.; ventilation. sneezing &c v.; errhine†; sternutative†, sternutatory†; sternutation; hiccup, hiccough; catching of the breath. Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus. air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah†; branchiae†, gills, flabellum†, vertilabrum†. whiffle ball. V. blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane &c n.; wuther†; stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough. fan, ventilate; inflate, perflate†; blow up. Adj. blowing &c v.; windy, flatulent; breezy, gusty, squally; stormy, tempestuous, blustering; boisterous &c (violent) 173. pulmonic [Med.], pulmonary. Phr. lull'd by soft zephyrs [Pope]; the storm is up and all is on the hazard [Julius Caesar]; the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air [Byron]; while mocking winds are piping loud [Milton]; winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage [Paradise Lost].