Ure

URE, sb.2 Sh.I. & Or.I. Also in forms eyre, ore Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.) [œ̄r.] 1. An ounce. Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.) 2. One-eighth of a mark of land; 200 fathoms. Sh.I. In these parishes there are 1618 merks 4 ures of land, Statist. Acc. XXI. 278 (Jam.); (Coll. L.L.B.), Sh.&Ork.1, Or.I. (Jam.) Hence Urisland, sb. a denomination of land value equal to ⅛ of a mark-land or 18 penny-lands. Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.)

URE, sb.3 Sc. Also in form eer Abd. 1. Colour, tinge; a stain. n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Iron-eer is used of the stain on linen in ironing it, &c. (A.W.) Hence Ureie, adj. coloured, stained. Gall. Carpets o' queer ureie hues, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 119, ed. 1876. 2. The fur or metallic scum which adheres to vessels in which liquids have been allowed to stand. n.Sc. (Jam.) Hence Urie, adj. furred, encrusted with scum, &c. JAM.

URE, sb.4 Obs. or obsol. Sc. 1. A haze in the air, esp. a coloured haze; see below. Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Cld. The mune be this was shinan clearly abune a' ure, Edb. Mag. (Sept. 1818) 155 (Jam.). Gall. A kind of coloured haze, which the sunbeams make in the summer time, in passing through; that moisture which the sun exhales from the land and ocean; the appearance is most obvious on the sea, and, when very dry weather, on the moors; when such is seen, it is called the dry ure. ‘The east was blae, dry ure bespread the hills,’ Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 455, ed. 1876. Hence Urey, adj. hazy, filled with moisture or haze. Mactaggart Encycl. 365. 2. Sweat, perspiration. Ags. (Jam.) Hence Ury, adj. clammy, covered with perspiration. JAM. 3. Slow heat, as that proceeding from embers; a suffocating heat. Twd. (JAM.)

URE, see Ewer.

EWER, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. I.Ma. Written ewr n.Yks.; and in forms ure Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 ne.Yks.1 m.Yks.1; yawer Cum.1; yewer Nhb.1 e.Yks.; yooer Cum.1; yoor n.Yks.; yower e.Yks. w.Yks.1 Lan.1 n.Lan.1 ne.Lan.1; yowr w.Yks.; yowyer w.Yks.1; yuer n.Yks.1 ne.Yks.1; yure N.Cy.1 Dur.1 n.Yks.3 e.Yks. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. [iu·ər, jiu·ər, jū·ər.]

1. sb. The udder of a cow, sheep, &c. Rxb., Dmf. (Jam.) n.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 178; Grose (1790); N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum.1, n.Wm. (B.K.) n.Yks. Her ewr's but swampe, shee's nut for milk, I trow, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) l. 30; n.Yks.1 n.Yks.3, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. To rub the [strange lambe] aboute the ewe's yower, Best Rur. Econ. (1641) 7; Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788); e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781); Willan List Wds. (1811); (R.H.H.); w.Yks.1 Her yowyer is seea hellerd wi' t'fellon, ii. 290. Lan.1, n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1 I.Ma. Middling fair ewer, good quarter, five calves, Caine Manxman (1895) pt. v. xiii.
2. Comp. (1) Ewer-joint, the joint near the udder or thigh of a horse, opposite the hock or hough. w.Yks.1; (2) Ewe-locks, the locks of wool growing round the udder of a sheep, which are pulled off when near lambing-time. Rxb. (Jam.)
3. v. To grow big in the udder; to swell prior to calving. n.Yks. T'cow's yoorin' weel, she'll seean cauve (I.W.); n.Yks.1, ne.Yks.1 [Norw. dial. jur, an udder, also juer, juver (Aasen); Sw. dial. jur (Rietz); ON. *jūfr.]