Noo Jill. Dinni hing aboot doon there lookin for yer grannie’s auld gowd thimble. The forecast sez there’s a muckle plowt o rain due an it’ll no be safe doon there.

Translate:

plowt: a heavy downpour of rain.

Now Jill. Do not hang about down there looking for your grannies old gold thimble. The forecast is saying that we are due a massive heavy downpour of rain and it will not be safe down there.

ˈplʌut
The Scottish Word: plowt with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.