toorie1, tourienoun a cap, a hat; specifically, a Glengarry bonnet 20-. etymology: Scots toorie ‘the bobble on a hat’; attested by BS in TDITA
toorie2nouna knife, sword, pin or thorn, any sharp implement20-. etymology: origin obscure; possibly a development from Romany churi ‘bayonet knife’, ‘knife’ or cori ‘a thorn’; collected by EMcC/PS and attested by BS in TDITAnote:
Form choorie attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) which he defines as ‘a sword’.