Stour

Quick meaning: Stour is an adjective meaning (now rare outside dialects) Tall; big; stout.

Meaning

(now rare outside dialects) Tall; big; stout.

More Meanings

1. (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
2. (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.
3. (now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
4. (now rare outside dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
5. (now rare outside dialects, of cloth, land, etc.) Inflexible, stiff.
6. (UK dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.
7. (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.

Example Sentences

Then gan she waile and weepe, to see that woefull stowre.

Then there began a passyng harde stoure, for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.

"Travel shall I and woo; Plight me shall I a flower; Try shall I my sword so good, To my weal or my woe in the stour."

This pair, who past have many a dreadful stour, / And proffer now to prove this venture stout, / Alone to this attempt let them go forth, / Alone than thousands of more price and worth.

Word Forms

• stoor
• stoore
• stoure
• stowr
• stours
• stouring
• stoured

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stuggy, stay, strunty, chopping, stickle, straight.

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