dwy

American  

[dwahy] / dwaɪ /

Also dwigh,

noun

Newfoundland Dialect.

• dwies
  plural

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.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dwies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dwy

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dwy

Glofa Lewis Merthyr, Cwm Rhondda, oedd wedi cau dwy flynedd ynghynt yn 1983.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2018

Then going up to the man, I put my right fore-finger very near to his nose, and said, “Dwy o iaith dwy o wyneb; two languages, two faces, friend!”

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by George Henry Borrow

Then going up to the man I put my right forefinger very near to his nose, and said “Dwy o iaith dwy o wyneb, two languages, two faces, friend!”

From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Henry Borrow

"Now, my lad, we'll go and get dwy," he said to Petya.

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

An' nen he dwy up laughin'—kindo' mad— An' say "W'y, my name's Squidjicum," he says.

From A Child-World by James Whitcomb Riley