ghurry Anglo-Indian.
(ˈgɜːrɪ)
Also 7 gree, 8 gurry, -ie, 9 garri, ghur(r)ie, -ee.
[a. Hindi gharī a water-clock consisting of a perforated floating cup which fills and sinks in a fixed time, usually 24 minutes.]
1. A space of time: a. In old Hindu custom, 24 minutes, the 60th part of a day of 24 hours; b. In Anglo-Indian usage, an hour.
| 1638 W. Bruton Newes fr. E. Ind. 12 This stroak or parcell of time they call a Goome, the small pot being full they call a Gree, 8 Grees maketh a Par, which Par is three houres by our accompt. 1776 Trial J. Fowke i. 3/2 About two gurries afterwards, the said Gentleman, the Maha Rajah, &c. came out and got into their palanquins. 1803 in Gurw. Wellington's Desp. (1844) I. 585 If you are resolved on having an audience, come tomorrow, when only two ghurees of the day shall remain. 1832 G. A. Herklots tr. Cust. Moosulmans India 37 note, When two ghurrees of the night are still wanting. |
2. A metal plate on which the hours are struck.
| 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master vii. 194 The bramin, when the ghurry's sound Told one, was with the idol found. 1879 Low Afghan War ii. 177 Not a sound was heard in camp, save the ghurries striking the hours. |
b. ‘A clock or other time-piece’ (Cent. Dict.).