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pirrie

pirrie noun: a strong gale.

Noun

pirrie (plural pirries)

  1. (obsolete) A strong gale.
    • A pirrie came, and set my ship on sands.1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

Forms of pirrie

pluralpirries
alternative formpirry

Origin of pirrie

Compare Scots pirr (“a gentle breeze”).

Questions about pirrie

What does pirrie mean?
Pirrie means a strong gale.
What part of speech is pirrie?
Pirrie is a noun.
What is the plural of pirrie?
The plural of pirrie is pirries.

Words near pirrie in the dictionary

  1. pirprofen
  2. pirquinozol
  3. pirquitasite
  4. Pirrello
  5. Pirrellos
  6. pirrie
  7. pirries
  8. Pirron Yallock
  9. Pirrone
  10. Pirrones
  11. pirry

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