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†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?”
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