Scottish Words tagged with: mist - 11 posts.

Holmes on the moor in the dark thick mist with Dr Watson, both holding a hand to their ears and holding revolvers - behind them the bloody body of the Baskerville hound lies riddled with lead partially obscured by the banks of mist. The shouts for help are coming from from the villain in the foreground with only his eyes ears and nose visible above the morass who is about to sink out of sight despite a pulling out a few tufts of grass.

Scottish Word: Gullion.

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Holmes on the moor in the dark thick mist with Dr Watson, both holding a hand to their ears and holding revolvers - behind them the bloody body of the Baskerville hound lies riddled with lead partially obscured by the banks of mist. The shouts for help are coming from from the villain in the foreground with only his eyes ears and nose visible above the morass who is about to sink out of sight despite a pulling out a few tufts of grass.

“I’m a bit deaved wi all the gunplay Watson. Can you hear onythin? Along the lines o ‘…sinking in a bottomless gullion…’, ‘help help’ an sic like?” Translate: gullion: deep pool of mud, a quagmire, marsh. … Continue reading Gullion. →

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