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Definition of Gourdy
1. a. Swelled in the legs.
Definition of Gourdy
1. Adjective. (context: farriery of a horse) swollen in the legs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gourdy
1. swollen [adj GOURDIER, GOURDIEST]
Medical Definition of Gourdy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gourdy
Literary usage of Gourdy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Scottish History Society by Scottish History Society (1890)
"NOTES 27 Kinloch of gourdy.—Page 11. David Kinloch of gourdy was the son of John
... His father had acquired the lands of gourdy in Perthshire through his ..."
2. Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and by Walter Jekyll, Alice Werner, C. S. Myers, Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (1907)
"Tiger take his gourdy going fe water. ... knowing that Tiger mother was sick, as
Tiger get halfway with the gourdy on his head ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"1л farriery, the state of being gourdy. ... gourdy (gor'- or gör'di), a. [< gourd
+ -y1.] In farriery, having the legs swollen, as after a gourd worm ..."
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