They asked Wattie, who was a very religious man, what could have induced him to gather his sheep on the Sabbath day? He answered, that he had seen an ill-hued weather-gaw that morning, and was afraid it was going to be a drift.
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Weather-gaw
//ˈwɛðəɡɔː//
Synonyms for "weather-gaw"
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Translations
5 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- huonon sään merkki noun (instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather)
- väliaikainen hyvä sää noun (period of fine weather in the midst of bad weather)
Scots
2 entries- weather-gaw noun (instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather)
- weather-gaw noun (period of fine weather in the midst of bad weather)
Swedish
1 entries- vädertecken noun (instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather)
Sample sentences
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[S]ee how much heavier the clouds fall every moment, and see these weather-gaws that streak the lead-coloured mass with partial gleams of faded red and purple.
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‘The weather-gaw’ he scans above the hill, / Wherein the rainbow's hues with watery sheen / Gleam beautiful upon the grey-dark sky, / Yet ominous of storm; […]
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Weather-gaw, part of a rainbow seen, the greater part of the bow being intercepted.
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