- severe gale
- A wind of great velocity, having the capacity of wreaking great destruction. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v Columbia, 65 Kan 390, 69 P 338.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
severe gale
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