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Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.

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  1. a. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.
  2. a. Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain.
  3. a. Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.
  4. adj. characterized by short periods of noisy commotion
  5. adj. characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain
  6. 1. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather. 2. (Agric.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 3. (Weaving) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.
  7. Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied ofturnips or grain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  8. s. characterized by short periods of noisy commotion s. characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain