dwy

American  

[dwahy] / dwaɪ /

Also dwigh,

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.

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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

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 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 Borrow, George Henry

Addug y Wyddgrug ai dycco, Gwyliwch gwylyddwr, pwy ai lluddio, Llwrw Fochnant edrywant ar dro, Llwytcwn llwyth llithiwyd am honno, Lletcynt Argoedwys, gwys greudo, Llys a dwy neud einym ni heno.

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

The numerals dau, tri, and pedwar, or two, three, and four, have feminine forms, becoming when preceding feminine nouns, dwy, tair, and pedair. 

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

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

From A Child-World by Riley, James Whitcomb