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stowre

stowre is the obsolete form of stour.

Meaning of stour

Adjective

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

  1. (dialectal, regional) Tall; big; stout.
  2. (dialectal, regional) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
  3. (dialectal, regional) Bold; audacious.
  4. (dialectal, regional) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
  5. (dialectal, regional) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
  6. (dialectal, regional, usually, land) Inflexible, stiff.
    • A fenny gooſe, even as her fleſhe is blacker, ſtoorer, unholſomer, ſo is her feather, for the ſame cauſe, courſer, ſtoorer, and rougher, and therefore I have heard very good fletchers ſay, that the ſecond fether in ſome place is better than the pinion in other ſome.1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole of Shootinge […], London: […] Edouardi Whytchurch, →OCLC

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Forms of stowre

Adjective
comparativemore stowre
superlativemost stowre
Noun
pluralstowres

Questions about stowre

What is stowre the obsolete form of?
Stowre is the obsolete form of stour.

Words near stowre in the dictionary

  1. stownding
  2. stownds
  3. stowp
  4. Stowport
  5. stowps
  6. stowre
  7. stowres
  8. stows
  9. stows away
  10. stowse
  11. stowsed

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