Definitions of stour - OneLook
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▸ adjective: (now rare outside dialects) Tall; large; stout. ▸ adjective: (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy. ▸ adjective: (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious. ▸ adjective: (now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered. ▸ adjective: (now rare outside dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh. ▸ adjective: (now rare outside dialects, of cloth, land, etc.) Inflexible, stiff. ▸ adjective: (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding. ▸ noun: (UK dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general. ▸ adverb: (now chiefly dialectal) Severely; strongly. ▸ noun: A stake. ▸ noun: A round of a ladder. ▸ noun: A stave in the side of a wagon. ▸ noun: A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy. ▸ noun: (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict. ▸ noun: (obsolete) A time of struggle or stress. ▸ noun: (now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion. ▸ noun: A river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Christchurch. ▸ noun: A river in Kent, England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour to the English Channel at Pegwell Bay. ▸ noun: A river in Essex and Suffolk, England, flowing into the North Sea at Harwich. ▸ noun: A river in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near Stratford-on-Avon. ▸ noun: A river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Severn. ▸ verb: Alternative form of stoor [(intransitive, UK dialectal) To move; stir.]meale, Stourbridge, Stoute, breede, streame, Tristram, Trost, leane, standish, Stert, more... |
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