stour

Definitions

1. A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.
   UK, Ulster, dialectal
2. A stake.
3. An armed battle or conflict.
   obsolete
4. A river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Christchurch.
5. A round of a ladder.
6. A time of struggle or stress.
   obsolete
7. A river in Kent, England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour to the English Channel at Pegwell Bay.
8. A stave in the side of a wagon.
9. Tumult, commotion; confusion.
   dialectal
10. A river in Essex and Suffolk, England, flowing into the North Sea at Harwich.
11. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.
12. A river in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near Stratford-on-Avon.
13. A river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Severn.

Examples

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

“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.”

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

“The Stour is at its lowest ebb, and the sheen of the flats makes it difficult to tell⟳ where ground ends and water begins, out in the bay.”

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