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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†DRURIE, DRURY, n. A dowry.Sc. 1832–46 W. Motherwell in Whistle-Binkie (1842) ii. 13:
The fisch are the deer that fill my parks, And the water waste my drurie.Sc. 1868 Bonnie House o' Airly in Sc. Ballads (ed. Maidment) I. 277:
He has ta'en her by the middle sae sma' Says, “Lady, where's yer drury?”

[O.Sc. has drowry, droury, from a.1500, the dr- being due to confusion with earlier drowry = a love-token, love-gift, from O.Fr. druerie, id.]

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