Zēph'yr, n.

n. [Fr. zéphyr, Pr. zephir, Sp. zefiro, cefiro, Pg. zephyro, zefeiro, It. zeffiro, zefiro, Lat. zephyrus, Gr. ζέφυρος, from ζόφος, darkness, the dark side, west.] The west wind; and poetically, any soft, mild, gentle breeze.

As gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet. Shak.

Zephyr cloth, a kind of kerseymere made in Belgium; a water-proof fabric.—Zephyr shawl, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton.—Zephyr yarn, or worsted, a fine kind of yarn or worsted, called also Berlin wool.