▪ I. † pirre Obs. rare.
[app. from the accompanying sound.]
Difficulty in breathing; asthma.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. xv. (Tollem. MS.), As in hem þat haue þe pirre and styffles and ben pursyf and þikke breþid [L. ut patet in asthmaticis et anhelosis]. |
▪ II. pirre
var. perrie Obs., jewellery; var. pirr n.2
▪ III. pirre, pirrey
obs. ff. perry2 (the beverage).