A vocabulary of landscape — a landscape of words 1467 entries glaister GLAY-ster A thin powdering, as of sifted snow — the lightest possible dusting on rock or heather. Not a snowfall but a suggestion of one. Etymology Scots dialect. Possibly related to glass or glaze — the quality of a thin, transparent coating. ice/snow weather Scots ← Previous glade Next → glamourie Search · Browse · Surprise Me With a Word