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virr Sc.|vɪr|
Also vir.
[Of obscure origin.]
Force, vigour, energy.
c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 493 Making of the course of the water to be of greiter force or strenth than of befoir, or ȝit to be of less force or virre than of befoir. 1710Ruddiman Gloss. Douglas' æneis, Bir, force, noise which an arrow, or such like makes in the air. Scoti boreales Vir pronunciant. 1742R. Forbes Jrnl. fr. London (1755) 31 Syne we laid our heads together, an' at it wi' virr. 1790Shirrefs Poems 141 Bessy ran, and brought some whins, wi' vir, Frae out the nook. 1808–92in Eng. Dial. Dict. |