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snow-broth
Also Sc. snaw-broo, -bru.
[f. snow n.1]
Melted snow; water produced or obtained by the melting of snow, esp. from natural causes.
α1600Holland Livy xxi. xxxvi. 413 They were faine to go upon the bare yce underneath, and in the slabberie snow-broth. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. i. iv. 58 A man, whose blood Is very snow-broth. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. viii. §2 (1689) 89 In cold, frosty or snowy Weather or where store of Snow-broth is in the River. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Snow-broth, Snow-water. 1845Judd Margaret i. vi, This is none of your snow-broth,..it's warming. 1862C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds 416 Snow-broth,..snow melted in a vessel is so called. 1888Pall Mall G. 7 Apr. 5/1 The bitter east winds of March,..and the almost certain ‘snow-broth’ in the water.
β1787Burns Brigs of Ayr 120 In mony a torrent down the snaw-broo rowes. 1803Prize Ess. Highl. Soc. II. 400 Until the melted snow (snaw bru) is out of the water. 1899Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 7/2 Fishing will almost certainly be temporarily stopped on account of the ‘snaw-broo’. |