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​Calamity

​Calamity

Calamity An extract from Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
​Calamity
The beating down of standing corn by wind or storm. The word is derived from the Latin calamus (a stalk of corn). Hence, Cicero calls a storm Calamitosa tempestas (a corn-levelling tempest).
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