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T TABLING to TAIL TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING TENON to TIDE TIER to TOGGEL TOMPION to TOPPING TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT TRACTING to TREE-NAILS TRACTING TRADE-WINDS TRAIN TRANSOMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTING TRAVELER TRAVERSE TRAVERSE-BOARD TREE-NAILS TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP TRIPPING to TRYING TUCK to TYE Search Contact us |
TRADE-WINDSTRADE-WINDS, certain regular winds blowing within or near the tropics, and being either periodical or perpetual. Thus, in the Indian ocean, they blow alternately from different points of the compass, during a limited season; and, in the Atlantic ocean, continue almost without intermission in the same direction. They are accordingly called trade-winds, from their great utility in navigation and commerce. See MONSOON and WIND.
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