Samiel \Sa"mi*el\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison
+ Turk. yel wind. Cf. {Simoom}.]
A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey,
from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia
and the kamsin of Syria.
samiel
n : a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and
North Africa [syn: {simoom}, {simoon}]