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Quotation dates: 1898-1904
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†GOWRIE, -Y, adj. Gloomy, dull, murky.Gall. 1898 A. J. Armstrong Levellers 11:
Inside the cottage, despite Jeanie Maxwell's neatness and carefulness, all seemed gowry and smeekit.Lnk. 1904 I. F. Darling Songs 49:
Lassies, ye had little thocht, Lippenin' to his [Winter's] gowrie glimmer.
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