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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FOORICH, n., v. Also fooroch, foorigh (Jam.); furich.

I. n. Bustle, confusion, a pell-mell haste (Ags. 1825 Jam.; Mry.1 1925). Hence adj. fooriochie, fourioghie, hasty, passionate (Ayr. 1825 Jam.).Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) I. 96:
But such a furich was never there, As they tumbled headlong down the stair.

II. v. To bustle, to get excited (Mry. 1952); to swirl about confusedly, of the wind.Mry. 1949 Northern Scot (30 April):
Fegs, bit its ill-farrant, foorichin blast Maks me fair disjaskit.

[The word appears in Gael.-Sc. areas or contexts, and may be an extended usage of Foorach in the sense of a stir, a mix-up. The adj. forms recorded by Jam. seem rather dubious.]

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