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gurry

noun

Meaning

  1. A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time.
  2. The time interval indicated by striking the gurry. Originally, this was twenty-two and a half minutes, but later, under British influence, changed to an hour.
  3. A small fort.
  4. Fishing offal

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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