Meanings
nounslowrie (plural not attested)
- IrelandScotlandalsono pluralchiefly Isle of ManA chain or hook used for hanging a pot while cooking.
Fill the three-legged pot 3/4 full of water and hang it on the slowrie.
1908, Sophia Morrison, Manx Cookery Book1 more example
...a pot of potatoes in their jackets which swung from the slowrie, the hook over the fire.
1894, Hall Caine, The Manxman
Origin
From Gaelic "slabhraidh", Manx slouree.
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