In his forthcoming bookLandmarks , Dr. Robert Macfarlane creates a form of unofficial lexicon of words for describing our natural macrocosm . Some are disappearing , while others enjoy a lively existence only within the edge of a lowly community . As modern technical jargon replace these old words for nature , the need to preserve the lexical quirks becomes more urgent .
1. adnasju
The large waves that pursue smaller unity .
2. ammil
In Devon , sunlight on hoar frost .
3. blatter
In Yorkshire , a puddle ; in Galloway , a heavy and noisy rain .
4. clag
“ Cloud and rain settling down on the tops of the hill as a gale approaching . ”
5. dumberclash
A abbreviated and violent storm .
6. èit
“ The pattern of send quartz glass stones in streams so that they scintillate in moonlight and thereby attract salmon to them in the late summertime and autumn . ”
7. fèith
path of urine lead through soil .
8. foisty
A dank , underground aroma .
9. geevy
In Cornwall , a mixture of mist and drizzle .
10. glister
Squally weather condition .
11. hummerdrooze
An unidentifiable noise in the strain .
12. jirglin
“ Playing about with pee . ”
13. lightydark
“ A news to report the spark occurring at the border of duskiness after a stale clear day . manufacture by me ( aged 11 ) walk home in the beautiful , undervalued Lancashire landscape of the country - side , in the eve . ”
14. lumpenhole
A trench for farmyard dissipation .
15. moorie-caavie
An intense snowstorm .
16. nab
In Sussex , the summit of a hill .
17. ootrogue
The undercurrent at the shore which drags sand out with it .
18. pirr
A light wind , “ such as will make a computerized axial tomography ’s paw on the water . ”
19. riggwelter
A sheep on its back that ca n’t get up .
20. rionnach maoim
From Gaelic , shadows hurtle by cumulous clouds on the moorland “ on a bright and windy day . ”
21. shadowtackle
The ever - changing patterns on a woodland base , induce by Christ Within and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree branches .
22. smeuse
A cakehole in the base of the hedgerow .
23. turdstool
A square cowpat .
24. wewire
In Essex , to move like foliation in the idle words .
25. wimpling
The resistance stimulate by wind on a wench ’s wing .
