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

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 A Year in the Fields by Burroughs, John

“Her bark’s waur than her bite,” said Mrs. Craig, as she returned to her husband, who felt already some of the ourie symptoms of a henpecked destiny.

From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by Galt, John

“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 Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas

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 Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

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

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde