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onlay

nounweather

a very heavy fall of snow

a large, heavy fall of snow

Example in use

We hed an onlay yestreen, an nae ane cood get oot.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/ON-lay/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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