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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Japan current \Japan current\
   A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing
   the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward
   past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North
   Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in
   allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may
   ways to the Gulf Stream.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kuro-Siwo \Ku"ro-Siwo\, n. [Jap. kuroshio; kuro black + shio
   tide.]
   See Japan Current, above.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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