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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bise

A wind that acts notably on the nervous system. It is prevalent in those valleys of Savoy that open to the north.

“The Bise blew cold.”

Rogers: Italy,
part 1. div. ii. stanza 4.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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