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What does Scotch mist mean?

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Noun
  1. (Britain) A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
  2. (Britain, dialect, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire, idiomatic) Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
  3. A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.
  4. The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.
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One might as well inquire why one is so wet who has been out all night in a Scotch mist.
A Scotch mist had risen from the lake, and settled over the mountains, vailing all the grand features of the landscape.
In an hour the steamer swung from tropical heat to a cold raw fog, as wet as a Scotch mist.
For the last twenty-four hours it had been raining heavily, now the air was moistened by a Scotch mist.
The sight of them brought tears to my eyes and carried me out of the Scotch mist back to dear old Maryland.
We had to provide equipment to demist it, otherwise you'd only have seen them through Scotch mist, Masters said.

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