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barry pani, baurie pannie noun the sea, great or grand water, an ocean 19-20. etymology: barry ‘big, great’ + pani ‘water’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies and collected by Simson (1865) and attested by two of his informants; also collected by Joseph F G S Lucas from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies note:

Grellmann (1787) collected the form baro pani defined as ‘an ocean’ from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected Baúro paáni with the definition ‘Ocean, sea, deep water’ from English Gypsies.