stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)
(now, rare, outside, dialects) Tall; large; stout.
(now, rare, outside, dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
(now, rare, outside, dialects) Bold; audacious.
(now, rare, outside, dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
(now, rare, outside, dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
(now, rare, outside, dialects, of land or cloth) Stiff; inflexible.
(obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.
stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)
(now chiefly dialectal) Severely; strongly.
stour (plural stours)
A stake.
A round of a ladder.
A stave in the side of a wagon.
A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.
stour (plural stours)
(obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
(obsolete) A time of struggle or stress.
(now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.
(UK dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.
stour (third-person singular simple present stours, present participle stouring, simple past and past participle stoured)
Alternative form of stoor
• Rusto, Tours, roust, routs, sutor, torus, tours
Stour
A river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Christchurch.
A river in Kent, England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour to the English Channel at Pegwell Bay.
A river in East Anglia flowing into the North Sea at Harwich.
A river in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near Stratford-on-Avon.
A river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Severn.
• Rusto, Tours, roust, routs, sutor, torus, tours
Source: Wiktionary
Stour, n. Etym: [OF. estour, estor, tumult, combat, of Teutonic origin. See Storm.]
Definition: A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion. [Obs.] Fairfax. "That woeful stowre." Spenser. She that helmed was in starke stours [fierce conflicts]. Chaucer.
Stour, a. Etym: [See Stoor, a.]
Definition: Tall; strong; stern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
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