Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1775-1776, 1868
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PURRY, n. A savoury dish consisting of Brose or oatmeal moistened with boiling water with chopped Kail stirred into it, “a kind of porridge” (Abd. 1825 Jam.). See also tartan-purry, s.v. Tartan, and Parry-marry.Sc. a.1776 H. Hecht Herd's MSS. (1904) 230:
Put on the pat wi' the purry!Sc. 1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster (1873) 17:
Sma' beer, wi' purry.
