Stoor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /stɔː/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Stoor is a verb meaning (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move; stir.
Meaning
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To move; stir.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move actively; keep stirring.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To stir up, as liquor.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To sprinkle.
- (UK dialectal) Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
- (UK dialectal) A gush of water.
Example Sentences
A fenny gooſe, even as her fleſhe is blacker, ſtoorer, unholſomer, ſo is her feather, for the ſame cauſe, courſer, ſtoorer, and rougher, and therefore I have heard very good fletchers ſay, that the ſecond fether in ſome place is better than the pinion in other ſome.
Word Forms
- stoors
- stooring
- stoored
- stour
- stoorer
- stoorest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stour, stir, stur, sturt, shit-stir, quitch.
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