of rain, sleet and hail Gaelic
glut
long stretch of wet weather Northamptonshire
gulching
downpour of rain Essex
haitch
slight passing shower Sussex
heavy rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 4 and 16mm per hour meteorological
humidity
very gentle rain Northern Ireland
hurly-burly
thunder and lightning England
juggin
raining steadily, not as bad as kelching Lincolnshire
land-lash
high winds and heavy rain English
lattin, letty
enough rain to make outdoor work difficult (as in ‘let and hindrance’) Shropshire and Somerset respectively
leasty
of weather: dull, wet Suffolk
light rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 0.25 and 1mm per hour meteorological
lummin
raining heavily Galloway
mì-chàilear
even more dreich than dreich Gaelic
misla , misla-in
rain, raining Shelta (Irish traveller dialect)
mizzling
raining lightly and finely north-west England
moderate rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 1 and 4mm per hour meteorological
owdrey
overcast, cloudy Exmoor
pash
heavy fall of rain or snow northern England
payling
wind-driven shower Northamptonshire
perry
wet squall Lincolnshire
planets
extremely localized rain, falling on one field but not another, is said to fall in
planets
Northamptonshire
plothering
raining heavily Leicestershire
plype
heavy sudden shower Scots
posh
strong shower Shropshire
rain
precipitation with droplets of 0.5mm or more meteorological
scoor
shower of rain Scotland
scud
light, quickly passing shower Herefordshire
serein
fine rain falling from an apparently cloudless sky meteorological
shatter
scattering or sprinkling of rain Kent
shuggi
drizzly Shetland
skat
brief shower Northamptonshire
skew
driving but short-lived rain Cornwall
skiff
light shower Northern Ireland
slappy
rainy West Yorkshire
slottery
of weather: foul, rainy Exmoor
smirr
extremely fine, misty rain, close to smoke in appearance when seen from a distance Scots
smither
light rain East Anglia
soft
of weather: overcast, lightly misty or drizzly Hiberno-English
teem
to rain Northumberland
thunder-lump
rain-cloud hanging over a place Shetland
thunner-pash
heavy shower, with thunder Durham
upcasting
uprising of clouds above the horizon, threatening rain North Sea coast
very heavy rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 16 and 50mm per hour meteorological
very light rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of less than 0.25mm per hour meteorological
virga
observable streak or shaft of precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground meteorological
water-dogs, messengers ,
small floating clouds separated from larger masses, which signal rain Norfolk, Northamptonshire
watery-headed
anxious about rain Essex
weet
to rain slightly Cheshire
wetchered
wet through after being caught out in the rain Lincolnshire
williwaw
sudden violent squall nautical
Riverbed, Riverbank
aa
ford, shallow place in a river Manx
æ-stán
stone taken from a river Old English
alluvial fan
fan-shaped deposit of sediment left by a fast-flowing river or stream that has lost velocity due to a change in gradient or profile geographical
áth
ford Irish
beul-àtha
ford, shallow part of a river Gaelic
bior-shruth
old bed of a river’s former course Gaelic
bodha
bank jutting out below the water level, good for fishing from Gaelic
brink-ware
small bundles of wood, generally whitethorn, used to repair the banks of a river East Anglia
bun
of a river: bottom or bed Irish
carse
level land by river Galloway
ceulan
riverbank, river brink, especially one that has been hollowed by the current Welsh
draw-ground
stretch of riverbank on which a draw-net was pulled and the fish removed Suffolk
dubhagan
deep part of a pool; also the pupil of the eye Gaelic
faodhail
narrow channel fordable at low water Gaelic
fleiter
prop or pile used to support the bank of a brook or bridge damaged by flood Northamptonshire
foolen
space between the usual high-water mark in a river and the foot of the wall thrown up on its banks to
glut
long stretch of wet weather Northamptonshire
gulching
downpour of rain Essex
haitch
slight passing shower Sussex
heavy rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 4 and 16mm per hour meteorological
humidity
very gentle rain Northern Ireland
hurly-burly
thunder and lightning England
juggin
raining steadily, not as bad as kelching Lincolnshire
land-lash
high winds and heavy rain English
lattin, letty
enough rain to make outdoor work difficult (as in ‘let and hindrance’) Shropshire and Somerset respectively
leasty
of weather: dull, wet Suffolk
light rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 0.25 and 1mm per hour meteorological
lummin
raining heavily Galloway
mì-chàilear
even more dreich than dreich Gaelic
misla , misla-in
rain, raining Shelta (Irish traveller dialect)
mizzling
raining lightly and finely north-west England
moderate rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 1 and 4mm per hour meteorological
owdrey
overcast, cloudy Exmoor
pash
heavy fall of rain or snow northern England
payling
wind-driven shower Northamptonshire
perry
wet squall Lincolnshire
planets
extremely localized rain, falling on one field but not another, is said to fall in
planets
Northamptonshire
plothering
raining heavily Leicestershire
plype
heavy sudden shower Scots
posh
strong shower Shropshire
rain
precipitation with droplets of 0.5mm or more meteorological
scoor
shower of rain Scotland
scud
light, quickly passing shower Herefordshire
serein
fine rain falling from an apparently cloudless sky meteorological
shatter
scattering or sprinkling of rain Kent
shuggi
drizzly Shetland
skat
brief shower Northamptonshire
skew
driving but short-lived rain Cornwall
skiff
light shower Northern Ireland
slappy
rainy West Yorkshire
slottery
of weather: foul, rainy Exmoor
smirr
extremely fine, misty rain, close to smoke in appearance when seen from a distance Scots
smither
light rain East Anglia
soft
of weather: overcast, lightly misty or drizzly Hiberno-English
teem
to rain Northumberland
thunder-lump
rain-cloud hanging over a place Shetland
thunner-pash
heavy shower, with thunder Durham
upcasting
uprising of clouds above the horizon, threatening rain North Sea coast
very heavy rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of between 16 and 50mm per hour meteorological
very light rain
rainfall with a precipitation rate of less than 0.25mm per hour meteorological
virga
observable streak or shaft of precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground meteorological
water-dogs, messengers ,
small floating clouds separated from larger masses, which signal rain Norfolk, Northamptonshire
watery-headed
anxious about rain Essex
weet
to rain slightly Cheshire
wetchered
wet through after being caught out in the rain Lincolnshire
williwaw
sudden violent squall nautical
Riverbed, Riverbank
aa
ford, shallow place in a river Manx
æ-stán
stone taken from a river Old English
alluvial fan
fan-shaped deposit of sediment left by a fast-flowing river or stream that has lost velocity due to a change in gradient or profile geographical
áth
ford Irish
beul-àtha
ford, shallow part of a river Gaelic
bior-shruth
old bed of a river’s former course Gaelic
bodha
bank jutting out below the water level, good for fishing from Gaelic
brink-ware
small bundles of wood, generally whitethorn, used to repair the banks of a river East Anglia
bun
of a river: bottom or bed Irish
carse
level land by river Galloway
ceulan
riverbank, river brink, especially one that has been hollowed by the current Welsh
draw-ground
stretch of riverbank on which a draw-net was pulled and the fish removed Suffolk
dubhagan
deep part of a pool; also the pupil of the eye Gaelic
faodhail
narrow channel fordable at low water Gaelic
fleiter
prop or pile used to support the bank of a brook or bridge damaged by flood Northamptonshire
foolen
space between the usual high-water mark in a river and the foot of the wall thrown up on its banks to
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