coorie

present singular third person coories · participle present coorieing · participle past cooried · past cooried

1. ScotlandTo crouch, stoop down.
2. ScotlandTo snuggle, nestle.

   ... were coorieing over the fire telling bawkin stories, and edging closer to the farm lads for comfort when the gale moaned and whined in the wide chimney—as we tramped through, old Betty took Dan by the sleeve.

   2022 August 1, John Sillars, The McBrides: A Romance of Arran, DigiCat

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   ... or, for that matter, the newly ennobled representatives, many of whom have reached that tenure by coorieing up to the establishment throughout their career. I want to offer the House a flavour of the debate that took place.

   1997, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report

   So we slept, coorieing down into the blankets under the tarpaulin. It was broad daylight when I awoke, and we had pulled in off the road, and were in the midst of woods. Father was giving the pony some hay, but I could see no sign of[…]

   2013 June 24, Betsy Whyte, The Yellow on the Broom: The Early Days of a Traveller Woman, Birlinn, →ISBN

   No coorieing up together on cold nights, no playful chases at the end of the working day and certainly no sharing of food. They came to an understanding where they simply pretended the other didn't exist and this seemed to work well,[…]

   2018 April 30, Lindsey Gibb, C.A. Hope, Perthshire Folk Tales, The History Press, →ISBN

1. UKuncountableA lifestyle involving hearty cuisine (such as Cullen skink) and invigorating outdoor activities, popularized in the late 2010s by a book and tourism campaign which incorrectly presented it as a traditional Scottish concept. (Compare hygge.)