Dict: easton - East wind

East wind @ the wind coming from the east kjv@Job:27:21; kjv@Isaiah:27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" kjv@Genesis:41:6); the withered "gourd" kjv@Jonah:4:8). It was the cause and also the emblem of evil kjv@Ezekiel:17:10 kjv@Ezekiel:19:12; kjv@Hosea:13:15). In Palestine this wind blows from a burning desert, and hence is destitute of moisture necessary for vegetation.