English Explanatory Dictionary

weather-gaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. A period of fine weather in the midst of bad weather.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɛðəɡɔː/ En-uk-weather-gaw.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weather-gaw.wav /ˈwɛðəɹˌɡɔ/ /-ˌɡɑ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-weather-gaw.wav /ˈwɛðərɡõː/ /-ɡɑː/

Word forms

weather-gaw weather-gaws

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

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