lowrie

English

Noun

lowrie (plural lowries)

1. (Scotland) fox
   • 1571, The Morall fabillis of Esope compylit be Maister Robert Henrisoun‎^[1]:

     Cum furth, lowrie, lurkand vnder thy hude.

   • 1761, Allan Ramsay, The Fox and Rat‎^[2]:

     The monarch pleas'd with Lowry, wha durſt gloom? A warrant's order'd for a good round ſum,

   • 1789, Sillar, David, Poems, by David Sillar. 1789‎^[3]:

     Has greedy lowrie been amang thy ſheep / Or does ſome thrawart laſs diſturb thy ſleep?

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Lowrie”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 1 (L), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 478, column 3.