ourie

American  

[oor-ee] / ˈʊər i /

Or oory

adjective

Scot.

1. shabby; dingy.

2. melancholy; languid.

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Etymology

Origin of ourie

1275–1325; Middle English (north) ouri, perhaps < Old Norse ōra rage, oerr mad

Example Sentences

At the time when he seemed lost in the maelstrom of partisanship, as Burns in the storm thought of the "ourie" cattle, so Lincoln thought of those hapless sons of misfortune who were biding the "bitter brattle" of slavery.

From Project Gutenberg

How touching is it, for instance, that, amidst the gloom of personal misery, brooding over the wintry desolation without him and within him, he thinks of the “ourie cattle” and “silly sheep,” and their sufferings in the pitiless storm!

From Project Gutenberg

“I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O’ wintry war; Or thro’ the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle, Beneath a scaur.

From Project Gutenberg

List'ning the doors an' winnocks rattle; I think me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O' winter war, And thro' the drift, deep-lairing sprattle, Beneath a scaur!

From Project Gutenberg

"They think upon the ourie cattle And silly sheep," and man's reason goes to the help of brute instinct.

From Project Gutenberg