Meaning & use
smur
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A fine, drizzling rain or misty drizzle, used chiefly in Scots and northern English dialect.
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A cold smur drifted in off the sea, coating everything in a thin layer of damp.
Locals barely notice a smur, but visitors reach for their umbrellas.
A note on using this word
This dialect word is recorded in Scots language dictionaries and is closely related to "smirr," another term for fine rain.
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