Also borasca, borrasque, burrasca. [Fr. bourrasque, and Sp., Pg., Cat. borrasca, ad. It. burasca (Florio), burrasca (Baretti), according to Diez, augmentative of BORA.]
A violent squall of wind.
1686. Goad, Celest. Bodies, II. vii. 242. Whirlwinds, Hurricanes, Borasques, Tornado, Tuffon.
1692. Sir T. Blount, Ess., 143. You may see Vulcano’s, Hurricans and Borasco’s in him.
1849. J. A. St. John, in Tait’s Mag., XVI. 733. A borasco overtook them. Ibid. (1850), XVII. 28. The burrascas of the Mediterranean are often of short continuance.
1854. Badham, Halieut., 97. A mighty change … might wind up the evening with a sudden borrasque.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Borasca, a storm, with thunder and lightning.
