dwy

[ dwahy ]

noun

, Newfoundland Dialect.

, plural dwies.

1. a gusty flurry or shower; a brief squall or storm accompanied by precipitation: nothing more than a little rain dwy.

   the last dwies of winter;

   nothing more than a little rain dwy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dwy¹

First recorded in 1860–65; compare dialectal (Isle of Wight) dwyes “eddies” and (Wiltshire, Hampshire) twy “coastal squall”; further origin unknown

Example Sentences

Thmilakth thwore like a twooper; but nothing could thwop the thaithe till it wolled thlap down into a dwy dith.

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