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slowrie

slowrie noun: a chain or hook used for hanging a pot while cooking.

Noun

slowrie (plural not attested)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, also, no plural, chiefly Isle of Man) A chain or hook used for hanging a pot while cooking.
    • ...a pot of potatoes in their jackets which swung from the slowrie, the hook over the fire.1894, Hall Caine, The Manxman
    • Fill the three-legged pot 3/4 full of water and hang it on the slowrie.1908, Sophia Morrison, Manx Cookery Book

Origin of slowrie

From Gaelic "slabhraidh", Manx slouree.

Questions about slowrie

What does slowrie mean?
Slowrie means a chain or hook used for hanging a pot while cooking.
What part of speech is slowrie?
Slowrie is a noun.

Words near slowrie in the dictionary

  1. slowplayed
  2. slowplaying
  3. slowplays
  4. slowpoke
  5. slowpokes
  6. slowrie
  7. slows
  8. slows down
  9. slows in
  10. slows off
  11. slows out

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