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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1740, 1816-1821
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WHIRRY, v. Also whurry. [′ʍɪre, ′ʍʌre]
1. tr. To carry off, drive away, hustle along, expel with force.ne.Sc. c.1740 Bards Bon-Accord (Walker) 205:
O whirry whigs awa', man.[Hogg Jacobite Relics (1821) 63:
whurry]Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality viii.:
There's the Philistines, as ye ca' them, are gaun to whirry awa Mr. Henry, and a' wi' your nash-gab.Sc. 1820 Scott Monastery Intro.:
Some of the quality had the corpse whirried away up the water.
2. intr. To move rapidly, hasten, hurry, whirr.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xviii.:
Her and the gudeman will be whirrying through the blue lift on a broomshank.
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