ourie

adjective

1. Chill; having the sensation of cold; drooping; shivering.

2. Bleak; melancholy.

- Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4, 'Bulgaria' to 'Calgary'

- Familiar with all the seasons he represents the phases of a northern winter with a frequency characteristic of his clime and of his fortunes; her tempests became anthems in his verse, and the sounding woods 'raise his thoughts to Him that walketh on the wings of the wind'; full of pity for the shelterless poor, the 'ourie cattle,' the 'silly sheep,' and the 'helpless birds,' he yet reflects that the bitter blast is