"Scotch mist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-Scotch mist.ogg Forms: Scotch mists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Scotch mist (countable and uncountable, plural Scotch mists)
  1. (UK) A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fog, Weather Translations (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain): uduvihm (Estonian), vihma (Finnish), ceobháisteach [feminine] (Irish), tūkōrehu (Maori), ceò silteach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), smwc [masculine] (Welsh), smwclaw [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Scotch_mist-en-noun-IYXhWigv Disambiguation of Fog: 40 2 9 33 15 Disambiguation of Weather: 100 0 0 0 0 Categories (other): British English, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 4 10 38 33 Disambiguation of 'A cold penetrating mist verging on rain': 57 1 8 20 13
  2. (UK, dialect, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire, idiomatic) Something that is hard to find or does not exist. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Scotch_mist-en-noun-OZQGN6Nq Categories (other): British English, Lancashire English, Yorkshire English
  3. (UK, dialect, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire, idiomatic) Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
    (World War II) Something imaginary, nonexistant, or overlooked.
    Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): World War II
    Sense id: en-Scotch_mist-en-noun-1kwJ6tmH Categories (other): British English, Lancashire English, Yorkshire English, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 4 10 38 33
  4. A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cocktails, Fog Categories (lifeform): Madder family plants
    Sense id: en-Scotch_mist-en-noun-2HnuXoln Disambiguation of Cocktails: 15 2 8 60 15 Disambiguation of Fog: 40 2 9 33 15 Disambiguation of Madder family plants: 18 4 12 39 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 4 15 35 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 2 8 45 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 3 14 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 2 14 38 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 15 6 14 41 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 5 13 43 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 4 10 38 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 3 11 46 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 6 13 45 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 16 6 14 39 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 6 13 41 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 12 5 11 54 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 16 4 11 41 28
  5. The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fog Synonyms: wood bedstraw Translations (Galium sylvaticum): gaillet des bois [masculine] (French), Wald-Labkraut [neuter] (German), przytulia leśna [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Scotch_mist-en-noun-FcHqUoLb Disambiguation of Fog: 40 2 9 33 15 Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 4 10 38 33 Disambiguation of 'Galium sylvaticum': 6 1 5 13 75

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "Wald-Labkraut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Galium sylvaticum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przytulia leśna"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Clovenfords",
    "Scottish Borders"
  ],
  "word": "Scotch mist"
}

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