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rawky

rawky adjective: foggy, misty (and dreary).

Adjective

rawky

  1. (dialectal, rare) Foggy, misty (and dreary).
    • And here are nameless flowers, / Culled in cold and rawky hours / For my Mary's happy home. / They grew in murky blea, / Rush fields and naked lea, / But suns will shine and pleasing / Spring will come.1873, John Clare, John Law Cherry, Life and Remains of John Clare: The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet, page 227
    • 'Tis bloody rawky weather! Farewell ta Indian summer! 'Tis as bad as Ireland! But just right fer th' hard task I've set for me self an' th' lad this day!2019, William Grace, Omniverse: Book II of the Omniverse Chronicles, Outskirts Press, →ISBN, page 86

Origin of rawky

From rawk (“fog, mist”) + -y.

Questions about rawky

What does rawky mean?
Rawky means foggy, misty (and dreary).
What part of speech is rawky?
Rawky is an adjective.

Words near rawky in the dictionary

  1. rawked
  2. rawker
  3. rawkers
  4. rawking
  5. rawks
  6. rawky
  7. Rawl
  8. rawl plug
  9. rawl plugs
  10. Rawle
  11. Rawles

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