gurry

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Hindi गढ़ी (gaṛhī, “fort”). ==== Noun ==== gurry (plural gurries) (historical, India) A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time. (historical, India) The time interval indicated by striking the gurry. Originally, this was twenty-two and a half minutes, but later, under British influence, changed to an hour. (India) A small fort. === Etymology 2 === Origin unknown. Attested from the mid-nineteenth century. Perhaps derived from Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Compare Saterland Frisian Gorre (“muddy liquid; thick, liquid manure”), Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt-esc earth”). ==== Alternative forms ==== gyre, gyur, ger, gerr, gurr (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== gurry (uncountable) Fishing offal. (now dialectal) Diarrhoea. ===== Derived terms ===== gurry-butt ===== Translations ===== === References === “gurry” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. == Yola == === Etymology === Derived from Irish gearr, from Middle Irish gerr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡoriː/ === Noun === gurry Light rain. === References === Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 157