slowrie

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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Gaelic "slabhraidh", Manx slouree.

Noun

slowrie (plural not attested)

  1. (chiefly Isle of Man, also Scotland and Ireland) A chain or hook used for hanging a pot while cooking.
    • 1894, Hall Caine, The Manxman:
      ...a pot of potatoes in their jackets which swung from the slowrie, the hook over the fire.
    • 1908, Sophia Morrison, Manx Cookery Book:
      Fill the three-legged pot 3/4 full of water and hang it on the slowrie.

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