pirrie
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Scots pirr (“a gentle breeze”).
Noun
pirrie (plural pirries)
- (obsolete) A strong gale.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
- A pirrie came, and set my ship on sands.
References
- “pirrie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.