dial. and Sc. Also smurr, smir(r. [Of obscure origin.]
1. Fine rain; drizzle.
1808. Jamieson, Smurr, a drizzling rain. Ayrs.
1823. E. Moor, Suffolk Words, Smur. Small rain.
1878. Good Words, 245. Sunday morning, which was grey with mist and ‘smur.’
2. A drizzle of rain, etc.
1830. Galt, Lawrie T., VII. iii. (1849), 315. During the afternoon a smur of rain came on.
1872. Young, Lochlomond (E.D.D.). A cannie smir O’ a refreshing simmer shower.
1873. G. C. Davies, Mount. & Mere, xix. 176. The morning broke with a little wind and a slight smurr of rain.
