squid squall n also squid squad, ~ squaw*, etc. [phonetics unavailable]. Cp DAE sunsquall (1859-84); OED sun 13 b ~ squall, ~ squaw U S (1865, 1897), squalder obs rare (1659, 1682). A variety of small jelly-fish or Medusa: BUBBLY SQUALL.
1842 JUKES ii, 157 Shoals of Medusae (called in Newfoundland squid-squalls). 1878 TOCQUE 496 The waters of Newfoundland, during the autumn, are thick with jelly fishes, or sea nettle (Medusae); these fish are also called sea blubbers, but in Newfoundland they are called by the singular name of 'Squid-squads.' 1895 J A Folklore viii, 34 The medusae, or sea-nettles, are called squidsquads, sometimes squidsqualls. 1905 DUNCAN 6 ... the ways of lobsters and tom cod, the subtle craft of dories, the topography of the wilderness under broad flakes, the abiding places of star-fish and prickly seaeggs, the significance of squid-squalls, and the virulence of squid. 1937 DEVINE 49 ~ s. The umbrella-like medusae floating on the surface of the sea in squid season. P 1-67 Squid squaw: jelly-fish. 1968 DILLON 139 There'd be squid squalls there in galores. C 71-6 When he was out fishing with the other men and any of them saw big jelly-fish come up to the surface of the water nearby they all believed it was a sign of north-east wind and rain and would go ashore. The big jelly-fish were known to the fishermen as squit-squa's. 1979 COOPER 11 "The Boy and the Piggin": I likes de little brown piggin I do / I dips up squid-squalls wid'n,
