"gurly" adj. 1652

[Joel S. Berson]

The wife of Christopher Collins presented for railing at her husband
and calling him "Gurley gutted divill."  Discharged.

antedates OED2 "gurly" a. 1718- or perhaps 1721-, depending on which
sense this is assigned to.

1652 {Nov. 30].

In:
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts.
1911.
Salem, Mass.  Published by the Essex Institute.
vol. 1, page 274.

Joel

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