stour
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
British Dialect. blowing dust or a deposit of dust.
Archaic. armed combat; battle.
British Dialect. a time of tumult.
Origin of stour
1Words Nearby stour
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How to use stour in a sentence
He landed in the same neighbourhood as before, and advanced 12 miles inland to the river stour before meeting with the islanders.
The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver BevanI caught a beautiful fish weighing about eight or ten pounds, in the Hampshire stour.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 | VariousThe artist was never tired of saying that these soft pastoral landscapes in the stour valley made him a painter.
The spire of Honington is then seen on the left, and Shipston-on-stour is entered.
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land | Charles G. HarperBut none has more beauty than that which runs southward to Shipston-on-stour.
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land | Charles G. Harper
British Dictionary definitions for stour (1 of 2)
Scot stoor (stuːr)
/ (staʊə) /
turmoil or conflict
dust; a cloud of dust
Origin of stour
1British Dictionary definitions for Stour (2 of 2)
/ (staʊə) /
Also called: Great Stour a river in S England, in Kent, rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland
any of several smaller rivers in England
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