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gurry¹

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From Hindi गढ़ी (gaṛhī, “fort”).

noun gurries

  1. India, historical A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time. Among those in general use that have drawn the attention of Europeans living in India, are the alloys for the gurry, and the Biddery ware. The gurry is a disk of a cubit and upwards in diameter, about half an inch in thickness in the centre, but decreasing toward the circumference, where it is scarc
  2. India, historical The time interval indicated by striking the gurry. Originally, this was twenty-two and a half minutes, but later, under British influence, changed to an hour. Maha Rajah then got up, and we three likewise took our leaves; when we went into an outer house, Seat Bollakey Doss said to me, Do you likewise come along with me; and I haveing gotten a bond written out and sealed, you will see it done; he having said this, I agreed; he having got into his palankee
  3. India A small fort. Since then, and in the course of yesterday afternoon, the town and gurry of Jubbulpore have been entirely evacuated by armed people of every description.

gurry²

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Origin unknown. Attested from the mid-nineteenth century. Perhaps derived from Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Compare Saterland Frisian Gorre (“muddy liquid; thick, liquid manure”), Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt-esc earth”).

noun gyre · gyur · ger · gerr · gurr

  1. uncountable Fishing offal. The practice of throwing overboard gurry is in many respects reprehensible, because in the first place it is a very great waste of animal matter.
  2. dialectal, uncountable Diarrhoea.

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@misc{gurry_2026,
  title = {gurry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gurry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}