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In the months of April and May, easterly winds, commonly called Haars, usually blow with great violence, N immo Stirlingshire (1777) 438 Cld. The cold damp called Easterly-hars, so prevalent on the east coast, seldom arrive here, A gric. Surv. 4 Fit'. Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr, tennant Anster (1812) 23, ed. 1871 This parish [st. Andrews] is well acquainted with the cold, damp easterly winds, or haar of April and May, Statist. Ace. XIII. 197. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.