Scotland has 421 words for snow.
Here are some of them:
Describing Falling Snow
- Feuchter: To fall lightly or in occasional flakes.
- Feefle: To swirl, particularly as snow drifts around corners.
- Flindrikin: A very slight snow shower or light dusting.
- Spitters: Small flakes or drops of wind-driven snow or rain.
- Skelf: A large snowflake.
- Snaw-pouther: Fine, driving snow that resembles powder.
- Sneesl: To begin raining or snowing.
- Moorkavie: To snow densely or in a thick shower.
- Flaggie: Large, broad flakes of snow.
Snow on the Ground and Drifts
- Blin-drift: Drifting snow so thick it is blinding.
- Snaw-ghast: An apparition or ghostly shape seen in the snow, or a lingering patch of white.
- Unbrak: The very beginning of a thaw.
- Snoit: A brief, heavy snow shower.
- Yowden-drift: Snow or hail driven forcibly from the sky by the wind.
- Snaw-wreath: A snowdrift.
Intense Weather Conditions
- Nizzer: A blizzard or severe storm.
- Hog-reek: Blinding or choking snow driven by a gale.
- Hielan thaw: A rapid thaw that is immediately followed by another snowstorm.