Boreal

[Lat. borealis, from Gr. and Lat. boreas, the north wind, the north.) Northern; pertaining to the north, or the north wind; as, a boreal winter. "Before the boreal blasts the ve els fly." - Pope. Boreas, (bo'rē-as,) n. [Gr.; O. Gr. bor, exce .] A bellowing wind; the northern wind; a cold, northerly wind. "Cease, rude Boreas , blustering railer." - Dibdin . ( Myth .) The son of Astræus and Eos, and usually worshipped as the god of the north wind. The a iduity with which the worship of B. was cultivated at Athens proceeded from gratitude, the north wind having on one occasion destroyed the fleet of the Persians when meditating the invasion of Attica. A similar cause induced the inhabitants of Megalopolis to consider B. as their peculiar divinity, in whose honor they instituted an annual festival. B. was usually represented with wings dripping with golden dew-drops, and the train of his garment sweeping along the ground.