poet. or Myth. [a. L. Favōnius the west wind, f. favēre to favour.] The west wind, Zephyr.

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1549.  Compl. Scot., vi. (1872), 61. The feyrd cardinal vynd is callit fauonius or occidental.

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1634.  Habington, To Castara, I. (Arb.), 37.

        Or if to th’ torrid Zone her way she bend,
Her the coole breathing of Favonius lend.

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1742.  Young, Nt. Th., ii. 242. Favonius breathe still softer, or be chid.

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