- a squall; generally conveying the idea of wind and rain. The following quotation describes the construction of haystacks and corn stacks that disappeared with the advent of the combine harvester. The stacks were thatched on top and weighted rope held the thatch secure: The ruck-tow hauds it sauf an’ soon’ Fin blowderin’ bluffert jeels, O. [The stack-rope holds it safe and sound when gusty squall chills, O.] (R. L. Cassie Banffshire Journal 21 April 1931).