Si‐roc″co (?), n.; pl.Siroccos (?). [It. sirocco, scirocco, Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. Saracen.] An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.