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stour


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stour  \Stour\,  n.  [OF.  estour,  estor,  tumult,  combat,  of 
  Teutonic  origin.  See  {Storm}.] 
  A  battle  or  tumult;  encounter;  combat;  disturbance;  passion. 
  [Obs.]  --Fairfax.  ``That  woeful  stowre.''  --Spenser. 
 
  She  that  helmed  was  in  starke  stours  [fierce 
  conflicts].  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stour  \Stour\,  a.  [See  {Stoor},  a.] 
  Tall;  strong;  stern.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.]