hurrican

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hurrican (plural hurricans)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hurricane.
    • 1687, L[ucius] C[aecilius] F[irmianus] Lactantius, translated by Gilbert Burnet, A Relation of the Death of the Primitive Persecutors. [], Amsterdam: [] J[ohn] S[tarkey], →OCLC, paragraph I, page 56:
      [A]fter all thoſe Hurricans of Fury and Violence are novv blovvn over, vve enjoy a ſerene Air, and the happy quiet vvhich vve had ſo much long'd for.