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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mowrie,) Mourie, n. [In the mod. dial. of Morayshire and Banffshire; of Gaelic origin.] ‘Gravel mingled with sand in its natural stratum’, shingle (SND, s.v. Mowrie.). —1698 in D. Donaldson Cramondiana (Elgin 1965) 7.
Cutting haill grein ground and channell mourie upon the syde of the water of Spey
