Also ǁ uruisg. [a. Gaelic ùruisg, uirisg.] In the Highlands of Scotland: A supernatural being supposed to frequent lonely places; a brownie.
1806. P. Graham, Scenery Perthshire, 19. The Urisks were a sort of lubberly supernaturals, who … could be gained over by kind attentions, to perform the drudgery of the farm.
1853. C. Rogers, Week at Bridge of Allan (ed. 3), 330. The Urisks, a species of beings of which the existence was long credited in the upland and secluded districts of Scotland.
1885. Chamb. Jrnl., 371. The urisks … acted the part ascribed to the brownies of England.
