E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Bor’eas.
The north wind. According to mythology, he was the son of Astræus, a Titan, and Eos, the morning, and lived in a cave of Mount Hæmus, in Thrace. (Greek, boros, voracious; Bôreas, the north wind; Russian, boria, storm.)
