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†GURDASTØRIE, n. Also gørdastøri, gorda-, guirdastaurie. The thick rope forming the border of a straw-rope net (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).Sh. 1892 Manson's Sh. Almanac:
I set me till an drew ower my packie o tows, mended da guirdastaurie o my scalve.Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 179:
He sits by the round fire, with a baet o' gloy or a kirvie o' floss, winding it may be simmonds or gurdastöries for his maeshies and rivakessies.
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