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Aquilon

Aquilon \Aq"ui*lon\, n. [L. aquilo, -lonis: cf. F. aquilon.] The north wind. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Usage examples of "aquilon".

The wind whipped into the open cockpit, carrying Aquilon's hair out in short blonde streamers.

He was as excited as Aquilon about what might lie in the mountain range.

It was not cold, but Veg saw Aquilon shiver as he tightened the pack, picked up the rifle, and took his bearing from the compass.

Their flesh was edible, but he did not propose to slaughter one, not even for Aquilon.

Veg, had not been frightened for himself, and neither was Aquilon, but both were frightened by something.

Subble had no difficulty, but Aquilon had to wait a moment while her vision adjusted.

They must have been climbing, and Aquilon dead tired, for she had had to help Cal.

And, odd as it was to apply the thought to a picture of a naked man, Aquilon had put herself into it.

Veg had not complained, but Cal looked bad and Aquilon hurt all over from the chafing weight of the pack.

Veg, indefatigable, carried his companion without seeming to lessen the pace at all, and Aquilon, packless as she was, strained to keep up.

Veg consumed his fungus entree and Aquilon imitated him, more to keep up appearances than from present appetite.

It would weigh, Aquilon knew, in the neighborhood of a thousand pounds.

Somehow the notion that Cal should try to drink the blood of the omnivore disturbed Aquilon even more than had the donation of her own.

The man had a concept that was not easy to accept or discuss, particularly for him, and the odds were good that it had direct bearing on what Veg and Aquilon had not felt free to tell him.

Subble said, "but I suspect that you and Veg and Aquilon represent the damnedest trio I have encountered.