"weather-gaw" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛðəɡɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɛðəɹˌɡɔ/ [General-American], /-ˌɡɑ/ [General-American, cot-caught-merger] Forms: weather-gaws [plural]
Etymology: Probably borrowed from Scots weather-ga, weather-gaw, weather-gow, possibly from English weather-gall, from weather + gall (“blister, swelling; (figurative) something exasperating or galling”). cognates * Dutch weergal * German wettergalle Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|weather-ga}} Scots weather-ga, {{der|en|en|weather-gall}} English weather-gall, {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|2}} ², {{col-top|2|cognates}} cognates, {{cog|nl|weergal}} Dutch weergal, {{cog|de|wettergalle}} German wettergalle Head templates: {{en-noun}} weather-gaw (plural weather-gaws)
  1. 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. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, often Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena Translations (instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather): weather-gaw (Scots)
    Sense id: en-weather-gaw-en-noun-Cn8H5dlX Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 92 8 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Scots translations Disambiguation of British English: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'instance of some phenomenon in the sky said to signal bad weather': 78 22
  2. A period of fine weather in the midst of bad weather. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, often Translations (period of fine weather in the midst of bad weather): weather-gaw (Scots)
    Sense id: en-weather-gaw-en-noun-0pI9GkRH Disambiguation of 'period of fine weather in the midst of bad weather': 18 82

Inflected forms

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