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henscrats - cirrus clouds

Fine . . . hod up - clear up; keep fine   . . or wet soft - damp; rainy slashy - wet weather clashy - rainy; wet weather slattery - showery dazzle - to drizzle pash - downfall  ("A girt pash a ræn") down fo - fall of rain, snow or hail pelt - a pelting rain thunner - thunder leetnin - lightning

. . cold raa - chill (raw) cow quaak - cold weather in early summer freeaz - to freeze   (freeaz, fræaz, frozzen) rag - hoar frost îshokles - icicles grîmin - a thin sprinkling (of snow) snaa - snow; to snow (snaa, snæw, snaan) drip - snow ("white as drip")   . . or misty mirky - dull; misty rôke - mist; fog borr - luminous ring round the moon fox-fîre - phosphorescence (on sea etc)

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