weather-gaw
An instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather, such as an…An instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather, such as an incomplete or secondary rainbow, or a parhelion or sun dog; a weather-gall or water-gall.
Meaning
2 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal, often)An instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather, such as an incomplete or secondary rainbow, or a parhelion or sun dog; a weather-gall or water-gall.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, often)A period of fine weather in the midst of bad weather.
Origin
Probably borrowed from Scots weather-ga, weather-gaw, weather-gow, possibly from English wProbably borrowed from Scots weather-ga, weather-gaw, weather-gow, possibly from English weather-gall, from weather + gall (“blister, swelling; (figurative) something exasperating or galling”).
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Forms
plural: weather-gaws| Singular | weather-gaw |
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