DSL - SND1 CURR, KURR, n.1 and v.1
1. n.
(1) A soft, murmuring sound.
*Sc. 1867 Blackwood's Mag. (Feb.) 148:
They'll send the stanes spinnan Wi a whirr and a curr till they sit roun' the tee.
(2) A slight sound, a whisper, a rumour (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., kurr, curr; 1908 Jak. (1928), kurr; 1914 Angus Gl.).
2. v. To purr (Rxb. 1942 Zai).
[Echoic in origin: cf. O.N. kurr, a murmur, grumbling, a rumour; Eng. curr, to make a low murmuring sound, used of doves, owls, etc. (N.E.D.).]
DSL - SND1 CURR, v.2 and n.2
1. v. In the game of shinty: to run away with the ball from an opponent's club (Cai. 1911 John o' Groat Jnl. (17 Feb.)); ``to move a thing by a slight touch with the point of anything'' (Cai. 1905 E.D.D.Suppl.; 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai. 69; Cai.1 c.1920). With at: ``to try to effect such a movement'' (E.D.D.Suppl.).
2. n. A slight touch used to move something (Cai. 1905 E.D.D.Suppl.; 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai. 69).
[Phs. an aphetic form of [SCURR], q.v., to touch lightly, graze.]
DSL - SNDS CURR, v.2, n.2 Add ref. to meaning `touch' (Ork. 1934).