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At 01:18 PM 4/3/01 -0500, kloser wrote:
>I have looked in two unabridged dictionaries for the definitions of the
>"gry" words.  I could not find them.  Are these real words???  If so what
>do they mean?

aggry -- a type of ancient variegated glass bead found buried in the ground
in Ghana.
puggry -- a variation in spelling of puggree or puggaree; a turban.
meagry -- having a meagre appearance.
anhungry -- a variation in spelling of ahunger or anhunger; hungry.
maugry -- also mawgry, a variation of spelling of maugre; ill will,
displeasure or spite towards another.

All definitions are from the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.

Sincerely,
Melanie C. Duncan, M.S.L.S.
Washington Memorial Library, Reference Librarian
Library Journal, Christian Fiction Columnist
The Bookdragon Review, Editor/Publisher
http://www.bookdragonreview.com
All opinions expressed are my own.

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