Scotch mist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (UK, countable, uncountable) A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
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(UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, qualifier:chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire, uncountable) Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
Scotch mist, the R.A.F. term for something imaginary. […] The joke of it is that Scotch mist is as wetting as English rain.
1945, Eric H Partridge, “Words Get Their Wings”, in College English, volume 7, number 1, page 29:
- (UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, qualifier:chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire; World War II; World War II, uncountable) Something that is hard to find or does not exist. ▸ Something imaginary, nonexistent, or overlooked.
- (countable, uncountable) A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.
- (countable, uncountable) The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch mists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (10)
de Wald-Labkraut (Galium sylvaticum) · fr gaillet des bois (Galium sylvaticum) · pl przytulia leśna (Galium sylvaticum) · fi vihma (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain) · gd ceò silteach (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain) · ga ceobháisteach (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain) · cy smwclaw (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain) · mi tūkōrehu (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain) · cy smwc (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain) · et uduvihm (A cold penetrating mist verging on rain)