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▪ I. pirr, n.1 Sc. dial.|pɪr|
Also 7 pir, 9 pirrhe.
[app. onomatopœic: cf. pirrie.]
A ruffling breeze of wind.
1665Sir J. Lauder Jrnl. (S.H.S.) 19 A little pir of wind that rose. 1825Jamieson s.v., ‘There's a fine pirr of wind.’ 1894J. Geddie Fringes of Fife 134 To sigh..in vain for a ‘pirrhe’ of wind.
b. A state of agitation or excitement; a flurry.
1856G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 127 When one is in a pirr about things which do not go well.
▪ II. pirr, n.2
Also pirre, purre.
[Onomatopœic, imitating the hoarse cry of the birds.]
a. A local name of the Tern: see pirr-maw.
b. The Blackheaded Gull (Larus rudibundus). rare.
1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. (1876) 383 Pirr,..is also a sea-fowl with a long tail and black head,..whenever it sees any small fish or fry, dives down..on them, crying ‘pirr!’ 1875D. Landsborough Arran 401 The numerous Cumbrae pirres have been destroyed or driven away. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Purre, two sea birds, the tern and the black-headed gull. 1898J. Macmanus Bend of Road 195 The centre of the lake where the many hundred white pirrs now circled, and called.
▪ III. pirr, v. Sc.
[Onomatopœic: goes with pirr n.1]
intr. a. Of the wind: To blow as a steady breeze. b. Of persons or animals: To drive, ride, or run rapidly; cf. whirr. Hence ˈpirring ppl. a.
1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 62 Careerin' on the pirrin' breeze, A greedy gled. 1852Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 171 Nothing could be more pleasant than so pirring through quiet roads [in a gig]. Ibid. 172 We bowed to each other..and I pirred on. |