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haar
[ hahr ]
noun
, Scot. and North England.
- a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
haar
/ hɑː /
noun
- a cold sea mist or fog off the North Sea
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haar1
C17: related to Dutch dialect harig damp
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Example Sentences
A gust o' win' is skirlin' the noo, and as we luik ower the faem, the haar is risin', weetin' the green swaird wi' misty shoo'rs.
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She hat haar as prown ash a pretzel,Her eyes vas himmel-plue, Und ven dey looket indo mine,Dey shplit mine heart in two.
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Mountaineers have peculiar difficulty with diphthongs: haar (hair), cheer (chair), brile, and a host of others.
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Tha'll sit thear, remarkin an praichin bi th' haar together, an nivver give me a chonce to get in a word edgeways.
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But tha can have yond nasty gooid-for-nawt as soain as tha likes, for awst leeave thi if aw live wol awm an haar older!
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