An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

URE, s. Chance, fortune.
Barbour.

O. Fr. eur, hazard; Teut. ure, vicissitudo.

URE, s. Practice, toil.
Maitland P.

Teut. ure, commoditas, temporis opportunitas.

URE, s. The point of a weapon.
Acts Ja. I.

Su. G. or, anc. aur, a weapon; Isl. aur, an arrow.

URE, s.
1. Ore; in relation to metals, S.
Douglas.
2. The fur or crust which adheres to vessels, in consequence of liquids standing in them, S. B.

Ury, adj. Furred, crusted, S. B.

URE, s. A denomination of land in Orkney and Shetland.
Stat. Acc.

Isl. auri, octava pars marcae, tam in fundo, quam in mobilibus.