STOURS

Noun

stours

plural of stour

Anagrams

• rousts, sutors, tussor

Source: Wiktionary


STOUR

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



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