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▪ I. smur, n. dial. and Sc.|smɜː(r)|
Also smurr, smir(r.
[Of obscure origin.]
1. Fine rain; drizzle.
1808Jamieson, Smurr, a drizzling rain. Ayrs. 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Smur, small rain. 1878Good Words 245 Sunday morning, which was grey with mist and ‘smur’.
2. A drizzle of rain, etc.
1830Galt Lawrie T. vii. iii. (1849) 315 During the afternoon a smur of rain came on. 1872Young Lochlomond (E.D.D.), A cannie smir O' a refreshing simmer shower. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere xix. 176 The morning broke with a little wind and a slight smurr of rain.
▪ II. smur, v. dial. and Sc.|smɜː(r)|
Also smurr, smir(r.
[Cf. prec.]
intr. To drizzle.
1825Jamieson Suppl., It's Smurrin, it rains slightly. 1838Holloway Prov. Dict., To smur, to rain lightly and mistily. 1881Fitzgerald Lett. I. 472 It has been what we call down here ‘smurring’ rather than raining. 1898N. Munro J. Splendid 290 Whenever rains are smirring and mists are blowing. |