单词 | pourie |
释义 | pourien. Scottish. Now rare. A vessel with a spout for pouring liquid; a pitcher; esp. a milk jug. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > jug > for milk or cream cream-jug1773 pourie1787 milk jug1820 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun] pouring vessel1535 spout pot1598 pourie1787 pourer1828 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety Ascertained II. 177 In dhe West ov Scotland, a milkpot from pouring became a poury. 1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees x. 288 Miss Jenny Macbride's side-board..where all the pepper-boxes, poories, and tea-pots..of her progenitors are set out. 1875 A. Burgess Bk. Nettercaps 24 I rin Aboot wi' Pirn Kreels—the ‘poorie’ an' The pail. 1923 R. W. Mackenna Bracken & Thistledown iv Having delivered himself, Willie Shed picked up the oil ‘pourie’ again. 1964 Weekly Scotsman 22 Oct. 2 I have a small milk jug... It has the inscription on it: ‘Rax owre the Poorie.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787 |
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