Scotch mist

English
WOTD – 16 March 2016

Pronunciation
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun

Scotch mist (countable and uncountable, plural Scotch mists)

  1. (British) A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
  2. (British, dialect, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire, idiomatic) Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
  3. A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.
  4. The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.

Synonyms
  • (Galium sylvaticum): wood bedstraw

Translations
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.