stour

[ stoor ]

noun
  1. British Dialect.

    • tumult; confusion.

    • a storm.

  2. British Dialect. blowing dust or a deposit of dust.

  1. Archaic. armed combat; battle.

  2. British Dialect. a time of tumult.

Origin of stour

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Old French estour battle <Germanic; akin to storm

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British Dictionary definitions for stour (1 of 2)

stour

Scot stoor (stuːr)

/ (staʊə) /


nounScot and Northern English dialect
  1. turmoil or conflict

  2. dust; a cloud of dust

Origin of stour

1
C14: from Old French estour armed combat, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sturm storm

British Dictionary definitions for Stour (2 of 2)

Stour

/ (staʊə) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. any of several smaller rivers in England

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